maide rámha

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “stick of an oar” but in practice it means simply “oar” and is thus a synonym of rámh itself.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠadʲə ˈɾˠɑ̃ː/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠædʲə ˈɾˠãːwə/[2]

Noun

maide rámha m (genitive singular maide rámha, nominative plural maidí rámha)

  1. oar

Mutation

Mutated forms of maide rámha
radical lenition eclipsis
maide rámha mhaide rámha not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 129, page 68
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 208

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