ainneamh

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

annamh

Etymology

From Old Irish andam (compare Irish annamh).

Pronunciation

(Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈãɲu(v)/^[1]
- (Ness) IPA^(key): ^[2]
- (Bernera) IPA^(key): ^[3]
(Harris) IPA^(key): /ˈaɲəv/^[4]
(North Uist, Benbecula) IPA^(key): /ˈaɲu/^[5]
(South Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɲu/^[6]^[7]
(Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ̃ɲɪ/^[8]

Adjective

ainneamh

rare, scarce, curious
crios ainneamh ― a curious girdle

Is ainneamh a leithid. ― His match is seldom met with.

gnothuch ainneamh ― a rare thing
curiously formed
valuable

Adverb

ainneamh

seldom
Is ainneamh a thig thu. ― You seldom come.

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “ainneamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)

^ 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
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^ 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
^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

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