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Where does “aimhleas” come from?

aimhleas (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish aimles — disadvantage, harm, mischief; evil report, false...

aimhleas (Scottish Gaelic): harm, bane, ruin, mischief, misfortune

Definitions

  1. harm, bane, ruin, mischief, misfortune

Ancestry of “aimhleas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishaimlesdisadvantage, harm, mischief; evil report, false...
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