coimheach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish comaithech, comaigthech.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔ̃jəx/
(Harris, North Uist, Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɛ̃.əx/

Noun

coimheach m (genitive singular coimhich, plural coimhich)

stranger, foreigner
Synonyms: coigreach, eilthireach, Gall

Adjective

coimheach

strange, foreign, exotic
Synonym: eilthireach
shy, timid
Synonym: diùid
fierce, cruel

Derived terms

aghaidh-choimheach, aodann-coimheach (“mask”)
culaidh-choimheach (“costume”)

Mutation

Mutation of *coimheach*
radical	lenition
coimheach	choimheach

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) “coimheach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coimheach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language