làmh

See also: lámh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish lám, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā (compare Welsh llaw), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (“palm, hand”) (compare Latin palma, Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɫ̪ãːv]

Noun

làmh f (genitive singular làimh or làimhe, plural làmhan)

(anatomy) hand
handle

làmh dorais ― door handle
(politics) wing

Derived terms

Terms derived from làmh

air an dàrna làimh (“on the one hand”)
air an làimh eile (“on the other hand”)
an dèidh làimhe (“afterwards”)
fòn-làimh (“mobile phone”)

làmhach (“manual; skilful, dexterous”)
làmhainn (“glove; gauntlet”)
làmh-sgrìobhainn (“manuscript”)
làmh-thuagh (“hatchet”)

leabhar-làimhe (“handbook”)
os làimh (“in hand”)
pailt-làmhach (“liberal (generous)”)
ro làimh (“beforehand”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“lám” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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