gainmheach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gainmech, from gainem.

Pronunciation

Noun

gainmheach f (genitive singular gainmhich, plural gainmhichean)

  1. sand

Declension

Declension of gainmheach (class IIa feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative gainmheach gainmhichean
genitive gainmhiche, gainmhich ghainmheach
dative gainmhich gainmhichean; gainmhichibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') ghainmheach (na) gainmhichean
genitive (na) gainmhiche, gainmhich (nan) gainmheach
dative (a') ghainmhich (na) gainmhichean; gainmhichibh1
vocative ghainmheach ghainmheacha

1 obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 67
  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. (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 37
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 161
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 162
  6. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  7. ^ 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 96
  8. ^ Jones, George (2009), “The Gaelic of South Argyll: Jura and Islay Dialects”, in J. Derrick McClure, John M. Kirk, Margaret C. Storrie, editors, A Land That Lies Westward: Language and Culture in Islay and Argyll, Edinburgh: J. Donald, →ISBN, page 9