coimheach

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish comaithech, comaigthech. === Pronunciation === (Lewis, South Uist, Barra, Tiree, most mainland dialects) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔ̃i.əx/, /ˈkʰɔ̃jəx/ (Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɛ̃.əx/ (Colonsay, Islay) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔ.jəx/, [ˈko̞ˀi̯ɑx] === Noun === coimheach m (genitive singular coimhich, plural coimhich) stranger, foreigner Synonyms: coigreach, eilthireach, Gall === Adjective === coimheach strange, foreign, exotic Synonym: eilthireach shy, timid Synonym: diùid fierce, cruel ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “coimheach”, 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), “coimheach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Cathair Ó Dochartaigh, editor (1994), Survey of the Gaelic Dialects of Scotland, volume III, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 2-3