ùmhal

See also: umhal

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish umal, from Latin humilis.

Adjective

ùmhal (comparative nas umhaile, superlative as umhaile)

  1. submissive, obedient
  2. humble, lowly, meek
  3. fawning, obsequious

Derived terms

  • sàr-ùmhal (“very obedient, very submissive”)
  • ùmhlachd f (“allegiance, deference, heed, homage, humility, obedience, obsequiousness, reverence”)

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “ùmhal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “umal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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