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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish timne (“command, precept, will, testament”) (compare Irish tiomna, Manx çhymney), verbal noun of do·immna (“commits, entrusts, bequeaths, enjoins, commands”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tiomnadh m (genitive singular tiomnaidh, plural tiomnaidhean)
- will, testament
- bequest
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap