ràmh

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See also: rámh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ráma, rám, from Old Irish rámae, from Proto-Celtic *rāmiyos (oar), (compare Welsh rhaw, Cornish rêv, Middle Breton reuf (shovel)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (to row).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rˠaːv/
  • Hyphenation: ràmh

Noun

ràmh m (genitive singular ràimh, plural ràimh or ràmhan)

  1. oar

Declension

Declension of ràmh (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative ràmh ràimh
genitive ràimh ràmh
dative ràmh ràimh; ràmhaibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) ràmh (na) ràimh
genitive (an) ràimh (nan) ràmh
dative (an) ràmh (na) ràimh; ràmhaibh
vocative ràimh ràmha

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Declension of ràmh (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative ràmh ràmhan
genitive ràimh ràmhan
dative ràmh ràmhan; ràmhaibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) ràmh (na) ràmhan
genitive (an) ràimh (nan) ràmhan
dative (an) ràmh (na) ràmhan; ràmhaibh
vocative ràimh ràmhan

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ràmh”, 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), “1 ráma, rám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language