rámh

See also: ràmh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ráma, rám, from Old Irish rámae, from Proto-Celtic *rāmyos (“oar”), (compare Welsh rhaw, Cornish rev, Middle Breton reuf (“shovel”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).

Noun

rámh m (genitive singular rámha, nominative plural rámhaí)

  1. oar

Declension

Declension of rámh (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative rámh rámhaí
vocative a rámh a rámhaí
genitive rámha rámhaí
dative rámh rámhaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an rámh na rámhaí
genitive an rámha na rámhaí
dative leis an rámh
don rámh 		leis na rámhaí

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • ascaill rámha f (“second oarsman”)
  • rámh fada m (“long oar, sweep”)
  • rámhach (“oared”, adjective)
  • rámhadóir m (“oarsman”)
  • rámhaí m (“oarsman”)
  • rámhaigh (“row”, verb)
  • rámhaíocht f (“rowing”)
  • rámhlong f (“galley”)

Verb

rámh

  1. alternative form of rámhaigh (“row”)

Further reading

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