a-mhàin
See also: amháin
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish amáin, from Old Irish nammá (“only, merely”), a petrified phrase derived from a negated form of má (“more”) (a comparative form of mór, már (“great”)), thus “not more”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈvaːɲ/
Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “a-mhàin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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