clúmh

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish clúmh, from Old Irish clúm (down, feathers, plumage, fur), from Latin plūma (feather, plume).

Pronunciation

Noun

clúmh m (genitive singular clúimh)

  1. plumage, down, feathers (of birds)
    Synonym: cluimhreach
  2. body hair; down (on cheeks)
  3. fur, coat (of animal)
    Synonym: fionnadh
  4. (botany, of trees) foliage
    Synonym: duilliúr
  5. (botany, of plants) egret
  6. Synonym of clúmhach (fluff, fuzz)

Declension

Declension of clúmh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative clúmh
vocative a chlúimh
genitive clúimh
dative clúmh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an clúmh
genitive an chlúimh
dative leis an gclúmh
don chlúmh

Derived terms

Verb

clúmh (present analytic clúmhann, future analytic clúmhfaidh, verbal noun clúmhadh, past participle clúfa)

  1. (transitive) Synonym of cluimhrigh (pluck (feathers); preen)

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of clúmh
radical lenition eclipsis
clúmh chlúmh gclúmh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21

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