ùmhal

See also: umhal

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish umal, from Latin humilis.

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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ùmhal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “umal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language