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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish colmán. By surface analysis, colm + -án.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠan̪ˠ/, /ˈkɔlˠəmˠanˠ/
Noun
colmán m (genitive singular colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)
- little dove
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| colmán
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cholmán
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gcolmán
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Old Irish
Etymology
colum + -án
Pronunciation
Noun
colmán m (genitive colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)
- little dove
Inflection
| Masculine o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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colmán
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colmánL
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colmáinL
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| Vocative
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colmáin
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colmánL
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colmánuH
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| Accusative
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colmánN
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colmánL
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colmánuH
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| Genitive
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colmáinL
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colmán
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colmánN
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| Dative
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colmánL
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colmánaib
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colmánaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| colmán
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cholmán
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colmán
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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