pailt-làmhach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From pailt (“plentiful”) +‎ làmhach (“handed”).

Adjective

pailt-làmhach (comparative pailt-làmhaiche)

1. liberal, generous
   • 1917, A.M.E., “Ceist An Ionmhais”, in Guth na bliadhna, volume 14, page 136:

      […] cha dùth dha a bhi fialuidh no pailt-làmhach a thaobh nam feadhnach againne. Chan eil sinne a' faighinn uair sam bith ach an spruidhleach a thuiteas o a bhòrd-san.

     He doesn't have to be hospitable or generous towards us. We are only ever getting the crumbs that fall from his table.

Mutation

Mutation of pailt-làmhach

radical	lenition
pailt-làmhach	phailt-làmhach

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