rámh

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See also: ràmh

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

rámh m (genitive singular rámha, nominative plural rámhaí)

oar

Declension

Declension of rámh (third declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	rámh	rámhaí
vocative	a rámh	a rámhaí
genitive	rámha	rámhaí
dative	rámh	rámhaí

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an rámh	na rámhaí
genitive	an rámha	na rámhaí
dative	leis an rámh don rámh	leis na rámhaí

Alternative forms

rámha m

Derived terms

ascaill rámha f (“second oarsman”)
rámh fada m (“long oar, sweep”)
rámhach (“oared”, adjective)
rámhadóir m (“oarsman”)
rámhaí m (“oarsman”)
rámhaigh (“row”, verb)
rámhaíocht f (“rowing”)
rámhlong f (“galley”)

Verb

rámh

Alternative form of rámhaigh (“row”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rámh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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