ùmhal
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== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish umal, from Latin humilis.
=== Adjective ===
ùmhal (comparative nas umhaile, superlative as umhaile)
submissive, obedient
humble, lowly, meek
fawning, obsequious
==== Derived terms ====
sàr-ùmhal (“very obedient, very submissive”)
ùmhlachd f (“allegiance, deference, heed, homage, humility, obedience, obsequiousness, reverence”)
=== References ===
Edward Dwelly (1911), “ùmhal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “umal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language