lámhach

See also: làmhach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish lámach.[1] By surface analysis, lámh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Noun

lámhach m (genitive singular lámhaigh)

  1. firing, shooting (discharge of a firearm)
  2. hurling (throwing a missile)
  3. fire (in-flight bullets)
  4. (dated) dexterity

Declension

Declension of lámhach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative lámhach
vocative a lámhaigh
genitive lámhaigh
dative lámhach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an lámhach
genitive an lámhaigh
dative leis an lámhach
don lámhach

Synonyms

  • (dexterity): deaslámhacht

Derived terms

  • cíor lámhaigh (“crenellation”)
  • coirceog lámhaigh (“cone of fire”)
  • lámhach leatrasna (“enfilade”)
  • lón lámhaigh (“ammunition”)
  • poll lámhaigh (“loophole”)
  • raon lámhaigh (“firing range, shooting range”)
  • scuad lámhaigh (“firing squad”)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 lámach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 196, page 75

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