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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish lám, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā (compare Welsh llaw), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (“palm, hand”) (compare Latin palma, Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē)).
Pronunciation
Noun
làmh f (genitive singular làimhe or làimh, plural làmhan)
- (anatomy) hand
- handle
- làmh dorais ― door handle
- (politics) wing
Declension
Declension of làmh (class IIa feminine noun)
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “làmh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language