gnìomh

pl. -a, -mhtharra, -an, -annan & -mharan, sm Deed, action. 2 Office. 3 The 7^th sheaf as payment to the hinds that work the farm of tenants or landlords. 4 The building of a peat-stack or of hewn stones. [In Gairloch, applied to a temporary peat-stack, where the peats are built up to dry before being built into the permanent stack. The word is also applied to corn similarly dealt with. The meaning appears to be a “show” rather than reality —DU]. 5 Exploit. 6†† Business, avocation, work. 7†† Word. 8** rarely Fear. 9** Parcel of land. †10 The 12^th part of a ploughland. Gnìomh mnà-glùine, the office of a midwife; chronaich mi an gnìomh, I blamed the deed; droch ghnìomh, a bad deed; gnìomh duine, the work or office of any man; cuir an gnìomh, perform, operate; gnìomh a làimhe, his handiwork; mac-gnìomharan Fhinn, the exploits of Fionn's boyhood.

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