columb

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin columbus, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”).

Pronunciation

Noun

columb m (genitive coluimb, nominative plural coluimb)

  1. dove

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative columb columbL coluimbL
Vocative coluimb columbL columbuH
Accusative columbN columbL columbuH
Genitive coluimbL columb columbN
Dative columbL columbaib columbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: colum

Mutation

Mutation of columb
radical lenition nasalization
columb cholumb columb
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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