reumhach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Alteration of Old Irish frémach,[1] derived from frém, with the f elided as it becomes silent when lenited. Related to freumh.

Pronunciation

Noun

reumhach m (genitive singular reumhaich, plural reumhachan)

  1. (big) root
  2. pedigree, lineage

Declension

Declension of reumhach (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative reumhach reumhachan
genitive reumhaich reumhachan
dative reumhach reumhachan; reumhachaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) reumhach (na) reumhachan
genitive (an) reumhaich (nan) reumhachan
dative (an) reumhach (na) reumhachan; reumhachaibh✝
vocative reumhaich reumhachan

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reumhach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), “The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire”, in A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, volume II, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 17
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