sùbh

See also: subh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish sub, from Old Irish suib, from Proto-Celtic *subi (“strawberry”), of unknown, likely pre-Celtic substrate origin. Cognate with Irish sú (“red berry”), Manx soo (“berry”), Welsh syfi and Cornish sevi (“strawberries”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /s̪uː/
  • Homophone: sùgh

Noun

sùbh m (genitive singular sùibh, plural sùbhan)

  1. berry

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*subi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 358
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