claidheamh

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Irish

Noun

claidheamh m (genitive singular claidhimh, nominative plural claidhmhte)

  1. Superseded spelling of claíomh.

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
claidheamh chlaidheamh gclaidheamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish claideb, from Proto-Celtic *kladiwos.

Pronunciation

Noun

claidheamh m (genitive singular claidheimh, plural claidheamhan or claidhnean)

  1. sword
    Synonym: slòighre
    Chluich Seumas leis a’ chlaidheamh.James played with the sword.

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
claidheamh chlaidheamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.