ullamh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ellam, ullam, ollam (“quick, prompt, speedy; soon, readily; ready, prepared; finished, complete; ready (for), predisposed (to), inclined (to)”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ullamh (predicative)

  1. ready, willing, prompt
  2. ready, prepared
  3. predisposed, inclined (chun (“to”))
  4. finished

Synonyms

  • réidh (“ready, prepared; finished”)

Antonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ullamh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ullamh n-ullamh hullamh not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ellam, ullam, ollam (“quick, prompt, speedy; soon, readily; ready, prepared; finished, complete; ready (for), predisposed (to), inclined (to)”). Related to ealamh.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ullamh (comparative ullaimhe)

  1. ready, prepared, finished, done, over
  2. ready, prone to
  3. handy

Synonyms

  • deiseil (“finished”)
  • rèidh (“ready, prepared; finished”)

Mutation

Mutation of ullamh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ullamh n-ullamh h-ullamh t-ullamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ellam, ullam, ollam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ullamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan ‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ullamh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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