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Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish cnáim, from Proto-Celtic *knāmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Doublet of hama.
Pronunciation
Noun
cnàimh m (genitive singular cnàmha, plural cnàmhan or cnàimhean)
- bone
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| cnàimh |
chnàimh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “cnàimh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cnáim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language