claíomh

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Irish

claíomh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish claideb,[2] from Proto-Celtic *kladiwos.

Pronunciation

Noun

claíomh m (genitive singular claímh, nominative plural claimhte or claidhmheacha or claidhmhte)

  1. sword

Declension

Declension of claíomh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative claíomh claimhte
vocative a chlaímh a chlaimhte
genitive claímh claimhte
dative claíomh claimhte
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an claíomh na claimhte
genitive an chlaímh na gclaimhte
dative leis an gclaíomh
don chlaíomh 		leis na claimhte

Alternative plural forms: claidhmheacha, claidhmhte

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of claíomh
radical lenition eclipsis
claíomh chlaíomh gclaíomh

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

References

  1. ^ “claíomh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “claideb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 153, page 60

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