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altraim

altraim

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

altraim (past dh'altraim, future altraimidh, verbal noun altram, past participle altraimte)

  1. nurse
  2. nourish, foster, maintain, educate
  3. cherish

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 0 901771 92 9
  • 1 altram(m)aid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.