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IRISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

im.

butter

2 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/aimʲ/Waterford/iːmʲ/Cork, Galway, Kerry/imʲ/Mayo/ɨmʲ/Ulster
  1. butter

    masculine
Where this word comes from

] From Old Irish imb, from Proto-Celtic *amban (compare Welsh ymenyn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ (compare Latin unguen (“grease”), Old High German ancho (“butter”)).

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