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feumach

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From feum +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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feumach (comparative feumaiche)

  1. necessitous, needful, needy
    Synonym: feumalach

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Noun

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feumach m (genitive singular feumaich, plural feumaich)

  1. needy person

Alternative forms

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Mutation

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Mutation of feumach
radical lenition
feumach fheumach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “feumach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN