deamhas

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish demess, from Proto-Celtic *dwimessos, from *dwi- (“double”) + *meteti (“to cut, reap”).[1][2] Cognate with Irish deimheas, Manx jouish.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈd̥ʲɛ̃viʃ/, [ˈd̥ʲæ̃vɪʃ][3] (corresponding to the form deamhais)
  • (Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /ˈd̥ʒɛ̃ũ.iʃ/[4] (corresponding to the form deamhais)

Noun

deamhas m or f (genitive singular deamhais, plural deamhaisean)

  1. shears, hand clipper

References

  1. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 99.1, pages 162–163
  2. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 383, page 34
  3. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 57
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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