Somhairle

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Norse Sumarliði, from sumar (“summer”) + liði (“one who goes, fares”).

Pronunciation

  • (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɔ̃ˑ.ɪɾʲlə/[1]

Proper noun

Somhairle m (genitive Shomhairle, vocative a Shomhairle)

  1. a male given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Sorley

Derived terms

  • Somhairle gun chomhairle (“clueless person”)

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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