ùmhal

See also: umhal

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish umal, from Latin humilis.

Adjective

ùmhal (comparative umhaile)

  1. submissive, obedient
  2. humble, lowly, meek
  3. fawning, obsequious

Derived terms
  • sàr-ùmhal (“very obedient, very submissive”)
  • ùmhlachd f (“allegiance, deference, heed, homage, humility, obedience, obsequiousness, reverence”)

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
  • “umal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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