dìomoladh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • dì-moladh, dì-mholadh, dìomaladh

Etymology

From Old Irish dimmolad, verbal noun of dimmolaid. By surface analysis, dì- +‎ moladh.

Pronunciation

  • (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈd̥ʲʒumɔl̪ˠəɣ/, [ˈd̥ʲʒʉmɔl̪ˠəɣ][1]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈd̥ʲiˌmɔ̃l̪ˠək/[2]

Noun

dìomoladh m (genitive singular dìomolaidh)

  1. verbal noun of dìomol
  2. dispraise, disparagement

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 31
  2. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 188
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