gamuin

== Old Irish == === Alternative forms === gamain === Etymology === From gam (“winter”). Similar sense development can be found in Old Norse gymbr (“yearling ewe-lamb”) and Ancient Greek χίμαρος (khímaros, “he-goat”), all ultimately from the same root (*ǵʰéyōm). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡa.β̃unʲ/ (Blasse) [ˈɡa.β̃unʲ] (Griffith) [ˈɡa.β̃ʉnʲ] === Noun === gamuin m calf, yearling ==== Inflection ==== ==== Synonyms ==== báethán bóbán fíthal lóeg ==== Derived terms ==== gamnach gamnán ==== Descendants ==== Irish: gamhain Manx: gauin Scottish Gaelic: gamhainn ⇒ Middle Irish: mathgamainIrish: mathúinManx: maghouinScottish Gaelic: mathan, math-ghamhainn === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gamuin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language