geama

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle English game, from Old English gamen (“sport”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcɛmə/

Noun

geama m (plural geamannan)

  1. game (playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of geama
radical lenition
geama gheama

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

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