Uilleam

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish Uilliam, from Middle English William, from Anglo-Norman Willame, from Proto-Germanic *Wiljahelmaz.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Uilleam m (genitive/vocative Uilleim, diminutive Uilleachan or Uillidh)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English William

Mutation

Mutation of Uilleam
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Uilleam n-Uilleam h-Uilleam t-Uilleam

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

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh