coimheach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish comaithech, comaigthech.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔ̃jəx/
  • (Harris, North Uist, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɛ̃.əx/

Noun

coimheach m (genitive singular coimhich, plural coimhich)

  1. stranger, foreigner
    Synonyms: coigreach, eilthireach, Gall

Adjective

coimheach

  1. strange, foreign, exotic
    Synonym: eilthireach
  2. shy, timid
    Synonym: diùid
  3. fierce, cruel

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
coimheachchoimheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “coimheach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coimheach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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