dáimh

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See also: daimh and dàimh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish dám (“company, retinue”).[2] Doublet of dámh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dàimh.

Pronunciation

Noun

dáimh f (genitive singular dáimhe)

  1. affection (feeling of love or strong attachment)
    Synonyms: caithis, cion, gean
  2. friendship
    Synonyms: cairdeas, muintearas
  3. sympathy (mutual relationship)
    Synonym: bá

Declension

Declension of dáimh (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative dáimh
vocative a dháimh
genitive dáimhe
dative dáimh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an dáimh
genitive na dáimhe
dative leis an dáimh
don dáimh

Mutation

Mutated forms of dáimh
radical lenition eclipsis
dáimh dháimh ndáimh

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

References

  1. ^ “dáimh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65

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