Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cnàmh m ‎(genitive singular cnàimh, plural cnàmhan)

1. Alternative form of cnàimh

Derived terms

• cnàmh-droma

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

• dì-chnàmhadh m ‎(“indigestion”)

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