nèamh

See also: neamh and neamh-

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish nem (compare Irish neamh, Manx niau), from Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”) (compare Welsh and Cornish nef, Breton neñv), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (compare Russian не́бо (nébo)).

Pronunciation

Noun

nèamh m (genitive singular nèimh, plural nèamhan)

  1. heaven, paradise
  2. (rare) heavens, sky

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 17

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “nèamh”, 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), “1 nem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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