gníomh

See also: gnìomh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gním, from Proto-Celtic *gnīmus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (to produce, beget). Akin to déan. Compare Scottish Gaelic gnìomh.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟnʲiːvˠ/, [ɟnʲiːə̯vˠ]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɟɾʲiːvˠ/, [ɟɾʲiːə̯vˠ]
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ɟɾʲiːw/, [ɟɾʲĩu][1]

Noun

gníomh m (genitive singular gnímh or gníomha, nominative plural gníomhartha or gníomha or gníomhra)

  1. doing, performing
  2. action
  3. act, deed
  4. (theater) act
  5. feat, exercise
  6. (law) fact
  7. (historical) A division of land equal to the twelfth part of a ploughland.

Declension

Alternative declension

Derived terms

  • ainghníomh
  • dea-ghníomh
  • gníomh caolaigh (wattle construction)
  • gníomh creidimh (act of faith)
  • gníomh Dé (Act of God)
  • gníomh dóláis (act of contrition)
  • gníomh gaisce (feat of arms)
  • gníomh nirt (feat of strength)
  • gníomh nuachair (conjugal act)
  • gníomh uchta (breastwork)
  • gníomhach
  • gníomhaigh
  • gníomhaire
  • Gníomhartha na nAspal
  • gníomhas
  • grásta gnímh (actual grace)
  • peaca gnímh (actual sin)

Descendants

  • English: gneeve

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gníomh ghníomh ngníomh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 63

Further reading

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