neamh

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See also: neamh- and nèamh

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish nem,[1] from Proto-Celtic *nemos (heaven, sky),[2] from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos. Cognate with Breton neñv, Cornish nev and Welsh nef.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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neamh f (genitive singular neimhe or nimhe)

  1. heaven; sky, firmament

Declension

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Alternative declension:

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nemos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 77

Further reading

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