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ìm. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
ìm, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
ìm in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
ìm you have here. The definition of the word
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ìm, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish imb, imm, from Proto-Celtic *emban-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷen-.
Pronunciation
Noun
ìm m (genitive singular ìme)
- butter
fear an ìme mhòir 's e a's binne glòir- the rich man's voice prevails
- (literally, “the man of much butter, his voice is the sweetest”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
|
| ìm |
n-ìm |
h-ìm |
t-ìm
|
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “ìm”, 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), “imb, imm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language