rámh

See also: ràmh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ráma, rám, from Old Irish rámae, from Proto-Celtic *rāmiyos (“oar”), (compare Welsh rhaw, Cornish rêv, Middle Breton reuf (“shovel”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).

Noun

rámh m (genitive singular rámha, nominative plural rámhaí)

oar

Declension

Declension of rámh

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rámh	rámhaí
Vocative	a rámh	a rámhaí
Genitive	rámha	rámhaí
Dative	rámh	rámhaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an rámh	na rámhaí
Genitive	an rámha	na rámhaí
Dative	leis an rámh don rámh	leis na rámhaí

Alternative forms

rámha m

Derived terms

ascaill rámha f (“second oarsman”)
rámh fada m (“long oar, sweep”)
rámhach (“oared”, adjective)
rámhadóir m (“oarsman”)
rámhaí m (“oarsman”)
rámhaigh (“row”, verb)
rámhaíocht f (“rowing”)
rámhlong f (“galley”)

Verb

rámh

Alternative form of rámhaigh (“row”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rámh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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