feum

Gaelic (Scots)

/feːm/

noun
Definitions
  • need, necessity
  • use, usefulness
  • poverty
  • worth
  • occasion

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish feidm (effort) inherited from Proto-Celtic *wedesman derived from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (lead, pledge, redeem a pledge, bind, guarantee, bail), *wedʰ- (lead, pledge, redeem a pledge, bind, guarantee, bail).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wedʰ-

Gloss

lead, pledge, redeem a pledge, bind, guarantee, bail

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

鉛

Emoji

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