lámh
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See also: làmh
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish lám (“hand; arm”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā (compare Welsh llaw), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (“palm, hand”) (compare Latin palma, Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē)).
Pronunciation
Noun
lámh f (genitive singular láimhe, nominative plural lámha)
- hand (part of the forelimb; pointer of a clock; style of penmanship); arm
- handle
- signature
- hand (unit of measurement): (of horses) four inches, (of fish, plants, etc.) three inches
Declension
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Derived terms
- an lámh a bheith in uachtar agat (“to have the upper hand”)
- as láimh (“immediately”)
- báisín lámh (“wash-hand basin”)
- bille láimhe (“hand-bill”)
- délámhach (“two-handed”, adjective)
- dólámhach (“two-handed”, adjective)
- faoi do láimh (“ready to hand”)
- gearrlámhach (“short-handed”, adjective)
- i bhfad ó láimh (“hard to get at”)
- i láimh a chéile (“by degrees”)
- in aice láimhe (“near at hand”)
- láimh le (“close by, beside”)
- lámh chuidithe (“helping hand”)
- lámh chúnta (“helping hand”)
- lámh fhuar (“white caterpillar”)
- lámh liath (“white caterpillar”)
- lámhacán m (“crawling (on all fours)”)
- lámhach m (“firing (a weapon)”)
- lámhainn f (“glove”)
- lámhcheardaíocht f (“handicraft”)
- lámhcheird f (“handicraft”)
- lámhchrann (“handle, crank”)
- lámhdhéanamh m (“deal (of cards)”)
- lámhdhéanta (“handmade”, adjective)
- lámhfhada
- lámhfhíodóireacht f (“handweaving”)
- lámhscríbhneoireacht f (“handwriting”)
- lán na lámh (“armful, great deal”)
- leathlámh f (“one hand, one arm”)
- mála láimhe (“handbag”)
- obair láimhe f (“manual work”)
- scáthán láimhe m (“hand-mirror”)
- síneadh láimhe m (“tip, gratuity”)
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 180
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 54, page 29
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 148, page 58
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “láṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 416
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lámh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN