cnàmh

See also: cnámh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Noun

cnàmh m (genitive singular cnàimh, plural cnàmhan)

  1. Alternative form of cnàimh
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare Old Irish con·cnaí (“chews, masticates, gnaws”), verbal noun cnaïd

Verb

cnàmh (past chnàmh, future cnàmhaidh, verbal noun cnàmh or cnàmhadh, past participle cnàmhte)

  1. chew, gnaw, masticate
  2. corrode (metal)
  3. digest
Derived terms

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
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