ràmh

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See also: rámh

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rˠaːv/
  • Hyphenation: ràmh

Noun

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ràmh m (genitive singular ràimh, plural ràimh or ràmhan)

  1. oar

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ràmh”, 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 ráma, rám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language