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Irish
Etymology
Ulster dialect variant of Irish gliomach.
Noun
giomach m (genitive singular giomaigh, nominative plural giomaigh)
- lobster
References
Scharff, R. F., On the Irish Names of Invertebrate Animals. 1916. I. N. J. Committee, Belfast
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Cognate with Irish gliomach, Manx gimmagh, and possibly Welsh cimwch.
Pronunciation
Noun
giomach m (genitive singular giomaich, plural giomaich)
- lobster
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| giomach |
ghiomach
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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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References
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “giomach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN