dìomhain

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • diamhain

Etymology

From Old Irish dímaín. By surface analysis, dì- +‎ maoin. Cognate with Irish díomhaoin.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈd̥ʲiəvɔɲ/[1]
  • (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈd̥ʲiəvɛɲ/

Adjective

dìomhain

  1. futile, unavailing, useless
  2. idle, lazy, slack
  3. idle, out of work, unemployed

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of dìomhain
radical lenition
dìomhain dhìomhain

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ 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

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “dìomhain”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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