talamh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish talam,[1] from Proto-Celtic *talamū, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂-mon-, root *telh₂- (compare Latin tellus (“earth”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

talamh f or m (feminine genitive talún, masculine genitive talaimh, plural tailte)

  1. earth, ground, land
  3. earth
  4. dry land
  5. land, soil
  6. solid base (for discussion, understanding)

Declension

Feminine declension
Declension of talamh (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative talamh tailte
vocative a thalamh a thailte
genitive talún tailte
dative talamh
talúin (archaic, dialectal) 		tailte
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an talamh na tailte
genitive na talún na dtailte
dative leis an talamh
leis an talúin (archaic, dialectal)
don talamh
don talúin (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na tailte
Masculine declension
Declension of talamh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative talamh tailte
vocative a thalaimh a thailte
genitive talaimh tailte
dative talamh tailte
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an talamh na tailte
genitive an talaimh na dtailte
dative leis an talamh
don talamh 		leis na tailte

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of talamh
radical lenition eclipsis
talamh thalamh dtalamh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “talam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 163, page 82
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 379, page 127
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 25, page 13

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish talam, from Proto-Celtic *talamū, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥-mon-, root *tel- (compare Latin tellus (“earth”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

talamh m or f (genitive singular talmhainn, plural talamhan or talmhainnean)

  2. (masculine only) Earth (planet)
    Synonym: cruinne-cè
  3. earth, soil, ground
    Synonym: ùir
  4. land, country, territory
    Synonym: tìr

Usage notes

Declension

Declension of talamh (type Vc masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative talamh talamhan
genitive talmhainn thalamhan
dative talamh talamhan
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) talamh (na) talamhan
genitive (an) talmhainn (nan) talamhan
dative (an) talamh (na) talamhan
vocative thalamh thalamhan
Declension of talamh (type Vc feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative talamh talamhan
genitive talmhainn thalamhan
dative talamh talamhan
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) talamh (na) talamhan
genitive (na) talmhainn (nan) talamhan
dative (an) talamh (na) talamhan
vocative thalamh thalamhan

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of talamh
radical lenition
talamh thalamh

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “talamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “talam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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