gnìomh

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See also: gníomh

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

(Lewis) IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ðĩə̃v/^[1]
(Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ɾʲĩãv/^[2]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gním, from Proto-Celtic *gnīmus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, beget”).

Noun

gnìomh m (genitive singular gnìomha, plural gnìomhan)

act, action, deed
task

Derived terms

cuir à gnìomh (“deactivate; put out of action”)
cuir an gnìomh (“put into action”)
gnìomhach (“active, busy, industrious; functional”)
gnìomhachas (“industry; business”)
gnìomhachd (“activity”)
gnìomhair (“verb”)
gnìomhaireach (“verbal”, adjective)
Leabhar Ghnìomharan nan Abstol (“Acts (biblical book)”)

Etymology 2

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Verb

gnìomh (past ghnìomh, future gnìomhaidh, verbal noun gnìomhadh, past participle gnìomhte)

pile, stack up

References

^ 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
^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

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