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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *luxsmos, from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to bend; to peel, tear, flake off, damage”), see also Lithuanian lùpti (“to peel”), Latvian lupt (“to peel; eat”), Proto-Slavic *lupiti (“to peel”).[1] Cognate with Welsh llwm.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lomm
- bare, naked
- smooth
- exact
- threadbare (of cloth)
- exact, strict (of a judge or judgement)
- pure, unadulterated (of a liquid)
- clear (of sounds)
- (phonology, of consonants) unlenited
Inflection
| o/ā-stem
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| Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
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lomm
|
lomm
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lomm
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| Vocative
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loimm*
lomm**
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| Accusative
|
lomm
|
loimm
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| Genitive
|
loimm
|
lommae
|
loimm
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| Dative
|
lomm
|
loimm
|
lomm
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| Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine/neuter
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| Nominative
|
loimm
|
lomma
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| Vocative
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lommu
lomma†
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| Accusative
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lommu
lomma†
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| Genitive
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lomm
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| Dative
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lommaib
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| Notes
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*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of lomm
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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lomm
also llomm after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
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lomm
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “lomm”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin pulmō
Noun
lomm f (plural lomms)
- (Surmiran) lung
Synonyms