rùm

See also: rum, Rum, rúm, Rùm, rüm, and rum.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English room.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rˠuːm/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /rˠɔ̃ũm/[1]

Noun

rùm m (genitive singular rùim, plural rùman or rùmaichean or rùmannan)

  1. room, space, place
    déan rùm ― make room
  2. room, chamber
    rùm beòil ― a front room
  3. floor

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “rùm”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

rùm • (𠾣)

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