làmh

See also: lámh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lám, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā (compare Welsh llaw), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (“palm, hand”) (compare Latin palma, Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɫ̪ãːv]

Noun

làmh f (genitive singular làimh or làimhe, plural làmhan)

(anatomy) hand
handle
làmh dorais ― door handle
(politics) wing

Derived terms

air an dàrna làimh (“on the one hand”)
air an làimh eile (“on the other hand”)
an dèidh làimhe (“afterwards”)
fòn-làimh (“mobile phone”)
làmhach (“manual; skilful, dexterous”)
làmhainn (“glove; gauntlet”)
làmh-sgrìobhainn (“manuscript”)
làmh-thuagh (“hatchet”)
leabhar-làimhe (“handbook”)
os làimh (“in hand”)
pailt-làmhach (“liberal (generous)”)
ro làimh (“beforehand”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“lám” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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