dìomhain

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • diamhain

Etymology

From Old Irish dímaín. By surface analysis, dì- +‎ maoin. Cognate with Irish díomhaoin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲiəvɛɲ/

Adjective

dìomhain

  1. futile, unavailing, useless
  2. idle, lazy, slack
  3. idle, out of work, unemployed

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of dìomhain
radical lenition
dìomhain dhìomhain

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

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dìomhain”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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