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
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
pailt-làmhachphailt-làmhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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