gníomh
See also: gnìomh
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gním, from Proto-Celtic *gnīm-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, beget”). Akin to déan. Compare Scottish Gaelic gnìomh.
Pronunciation
Noun
gníomh m (genitive singular gnímh or gníomha, nominative plural gníomhartha or gníomha or gníomhra)
- (literary)
- (act of) doing, performing; working, exercising
- work, function
- ‘clamp’, built-up sods on stack of turf
- action
- act, deed
- (theater) act
- (of land measure) twelfth part of ploughland; grass of one cow
- (law) fact
Declension
Declension of gníomh
First declension
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- Alternative declension
Declension of gníomh
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Derived terms
Terms derived from gníomh
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gníomh | ghníomh | ngníomh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “1 gním” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “gníoṁ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 374.
- "gníomh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “gníomh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gníomh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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