gnìomh

See also: gníomh

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

(Lewis) IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ðĩə̃v/^[1]
(Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ɡ̥ɾʲĩãv/^[2]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gním, from Proto-Celtic *gnīmus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, beget”).

Noun

gnìomh m (genitive singular gnìomha, plural gnìomhan)

act, action, deed
task

Derived terms

cuir à gnìomh (“deactivate; put out of action”)
cuir an gnìomh (“put into action”)
gnìomhach (“active, busy, industrious; functional”)
gnìomhachas (“industry; business”)
gnìomhachd (“activity”)
gnìomhair (“verb”)
gnìomhaireach (“verbal”, adjective)
Leabhar Ghnìomharan nan Abstol (“Acts (biblical book)”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

gnìomh (past ghnìomh, future gnìomhaidh, verbal noun gnìomhadh, past participle gnìomhte)

pile, stack up

References

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