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Bateman · 2002-05-24 09:56:18

Does anyone know the Irish word for "arm"? As far as I am aware, chos goes right up from foot to hip, but aren't there seperate words for arm and hand (làmh):confused:

24-05-2002 9:56am

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Does anyone know the Irish word for "arm"?
As far as I am aware, chos goes right up from foot to hip, but aren't there seperate words for arm and hand (làmh)

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#2 24-05-2002 7:42pm

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Originally posted by Bateman
aren't there seperate words for arm and hand (làmh)

I don't think so- as far as I'm aware, "lámh" covers it.

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#3 25-05-2002 4:32pm

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"Sciathán" is used to differenciate in irish between the hand(lámh) which finishes at the wrist and the arm(sciathán) from wrist to shoulder
(a widely unknown word I must admit, they do seem to only mention "lámh" in the schools).

It's also the word used for the wing of a bird.
So although irish does differenciate between arm and hand, you could say that it doesn't differenciate between a bird's wing and a human's arm.
Plural of "sciathán" is "sciatháin" with an extra "i".

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#4 25-05-2002 5:37pm

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Thanks for that Gael!

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#5 27-05-2002 3:07pm

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Gur a mhìle maith agat.

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#6 27-05-2002 3:51pm

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Tá míle fáilte romhat!

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