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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Adjective
deas-làmhach (comparative deas-làmhaiche)
- right-handed
- Antonyms: leis a' chearrag, cearragach
- adept, dexterous
1909 April 15, James Macdiarmid, Gaelic Society of Inverness, “Some Breadalbane Folk-Lore Tales”, in Transactions, page 141:Thachair orra fear aotrom, suileach, deas lamhach a bha leigeil a chasan cho ciuin air an talamh ri cat 'nuair a bhitheas e air chuairt an deigh luchaidh.- They met a light, cheerful, dexterous man who laid his feet on the ground as quietly as a cat when he is on a walk after a mouse.
- practical
Antonyms
Further reading
- “deas-làmhach” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.