"damhna" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], damhna [error-unrecognized-form], dhamhna [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Old Irish damnae (“the stuff or material out of which something is wrought or created; heir; matter, cause, reason, motive”), from Proto-Celtic *damniyom (“material, substance”), from *dem- (“to build (up)”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|damnae|t=the stuff or material out of which something is wrought or created; heir; matter, cause, reason, motive}} Old Irish damnae (“the stuff or material out of which something is wrought or created; heir; matter, cause, reason, motive”), {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*damniyom|t=material, substance}} Proto-Celtic *damniyom (“material, substance”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun||||||||||||||||||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} damhna m, {{gd-noun|g=m}} damhna m
  1. cause, reason Tags: masculine Derived forms: rìgh-damhna (english: king's heir)
    Sense id: en-damhna-gd-noun-P7lx6SUB Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header
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