Scottish Gaelic

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