luamh

From Old Irish luam (“pilot, steersman”).

luamh m (genitive singular luaimh)

1. (literary) pilot, steersman
2. (literary) guiding hand
3. (literary, ecclesiastical) abbot
4. yacht

• luamhán (“lever”)
• luamhaire (“yachter, yachtsman, yachtswoman”)

• club luamhaireachta (“yacht club”)
• luamhaireacht (“yachting”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “yacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025