colmán

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See also: colman, Colmán, and Colman

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish colmán. By surface analysis, colm +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠan̪ˠ/, /ˈkɔlˠəmˠanˠ/[1]

Noun

colmán m (genitive singular colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)

  1. little dove

Declension

Declension of colmán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative colmán colmáin
vocative a cholmáin a cholmána
genitive colmáin colmán
dative colmán colmáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an colmán na colmáin
genitive an cholmáin na gcolmán
dative leis an gcolmán
don cholmán 		leis na colmáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of colmán
radical lenition eclipsis
colmán cholmán gcolmán

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, § 291, page 104

Old Irish

Etymology

colum +‎ -án

Pronunciation

Noun

colmán m (genitive colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)

  1. little dove

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative colmán colmánL colmáinL
Vocative colmáin colmánL colmánuH
Accusative colmánN colmánL colmánuH
Genitive colmáinL colmán colmánN
Dative colmánL colmánaib colmánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: colmán

Mutation

Mutation of colmán
radical lenition nasalization
colmán cholmán colmán
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

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