gníomh
Appearance
See also: gnìomh
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish gním,[1] from Proto-Celtic *gnīmus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, beget”). Akin to déan. Compare Scottish Gaelic gnìomh.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɟnʲiːvˠ/, [ɟnʲiːə̯vˠ][2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɟɾʲiːvˠ/, [ɟɾʲiːə̯vˠ]
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ɟɾʲiːw/, [ɟɾʲĩu][3]
Noun
[edit]gníomh m (genitive singular gnímh or gníomha, nominative plural gníomhartha or gníomha or gníomhra)
- doing, performing
- action
- act, deed
- (theater) act
- feat, exercise
- (law) fact
- (historical) A division of land equal to the twelfth part of a ploughland.
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- 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”)
- macghníomh
- peaca gnímh (“actual sin”)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: gneeve
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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gníomh | ghníomh | ngníomh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 39, page 21
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 167, page 63
Further reading
[edit]- “gníomh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gníoṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 374
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “gníoṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- “gníomh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gníomh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gníomh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- ga:Theater
- ga:Law
- Irish terms with historical senses
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Irish third-declension nouns