ìomhaigh

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ímáig (compare Irish íomhá), from Latin imāgō.

Noun

ìomhaigh f (plural ìomhaighean)

  1. image
  2. statue, effigy
  3. likeness, similitude
  4. configuration
  5. countenance
  6. idiom, figure of speech
  7. (religion) icon, idol

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Mutation

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

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ìomhaigh”, 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), “ímáig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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