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làmh

làmh

See also: lámh

Scottish Gaelic

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 0 901771 92 9
“lám” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.