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Old Irish
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)
- 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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columb
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columbL
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coluimbL
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| Vocative
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coluimb
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columbL
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columbuH
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| Accusative
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columbN
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columbL
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columbuH
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| Genitive
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coluimbL
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columb
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columbN
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| Dative
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columbL
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columbaib
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columbaib
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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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| columb
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cholumb
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columb
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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