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Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish dímaín. By surface analysis, dì- + maoin. Cognate with Irish díomhaoin.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dìomhain
- futile, unavailing, useless
- idle, lazy, slack
- idle, out of work, unemployed
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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Lenition
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dhìomhain
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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
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dìomhain”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN