reumhag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

freumh +‎ -ag, with the f- elided as per reumhach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrˠĩãvak/[1]

Noun

reumhag f (genitive singular reumhaig, plural reumhagan)

  1. small root, rootlet
  2. fibre

Declension

Declension of reumhag (class IIa feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative reumhag reumhagan
genitive reumhaige, reumhaig reumhag
dative reumhaig reumhagan; reumhagaibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) reumhag (na) reumhagan
genitive (na) reumhaige, reumhaig (nan) reumhag
dative (an) reumhaig (na) reumhagan; reumhagaibh1
vocative reumhag reumhaga

1 obsolete form, used until the 19th century

References

  1. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath