neamh

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See also: neamh- and nèamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish nem,[1] from Proto-Celtic *nemos (heaven, sky),[2] from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos. Cognate with Breton neñv, Cornish nev and Welsh nef.

Pronunciation

Noun

neamh f (genitive singular neimhe or nimhe)

  1. heaven; sky, firmament

Declension

Declension of neamh (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative neamh
vocative a neamh
genitive neimhe
dative neamh
neimh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an neamh
genitive na neimhe
dative leis an neamh
leis an neimh (archaic, dialectal)
don neamh
don neimh (archaic, dialectal)

Alternative declension:

Declension of neamh (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative neamh
vocative a neamh
genitive nimhe
dative neamh
nimh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an neamh
genitive na nimhe
dative leis an neamh
leis an nimh (archaic, dialectal)
don neamh
don nimh (archaic, dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nemos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 77

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