colm

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See also: Colm and čołm

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish colum, from Old Irish columb, from Latin columbus, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”).

Noun

colm m (genitive singular coilm, nominative plural coilm)

  1. dove, pigeon
    Synonyms: colúr, fearán
Declension
Declension of colm (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative colm coilm
vocative a choilm a cholma
genitive coilm colm
dative colm coilm
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an colm na coilm
genitive an choilm na gcolm
dative leis an gcolm
don cholm 		leis na coilm
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

colm m (genitive singular coilm, nominative plural coilm)

  1. scar
Declension
Declension of colm (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative colm coilm
vocative a choilm a cholma
genitive coilm colm
dative colm coilm
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an colm na coilm
genitive an choilm na gcolm
dative leis an gcolm
don cholm 		leis na coilm
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of colm
radical lenition eclipsis
colm cholm gcolm

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

References

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