Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• annamh

Adjective

ainneamh

1. rare, scarce, curious

   crios ainneamh‎ ― a curious girdle

   Is ainneamh a leithid.‎ ― His match is seldom met with.

   gnothuch ainneamh‎ ― a rare thing

2. curiously formed
3. valuable

Adverb

ainneamh

1. seldom

   Is ainneamh a thig thu.‎ ― You seldom come.

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
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)