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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish nem, from Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos. Cognate with Breton neñv, Cornish nev and Welsh nef.
Pronunciation
Noun
neamh f (genitive singular neimhe or nimhe)
- heaven; sky, firmament
Declension
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References
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 nem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nemos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 77
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