nammá

== Old Irish == === Alternative forms === nammáa === Etymology === A petrified phrase derived from a negated form of má (“more”) (a comparative form of mór, már (“great”)), thus ‘not more’. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /n̪aˈmaː/ === Adverb === nammá only c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c32 c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 118b6 ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: amáin Irish: amháin Scottish Gaelic: a-mhàin === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nammá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language