uaimh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish úam, from Proto-Celtic *oumā (“cave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewn- (“empty”) (compare Ancient Greek εὖνις (eûnis, “deprived”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

uaimh f (genitive singular uaimhe, nominative plural uaimheanna or uamhacha)

  1. cave
    Synonyms: pluais, prochóg
  2. den
  3. pit
  4. crypt

Declension

Declension of uaimh (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative uaimh uaimheanna
vocative a uaimh a uaimheanna
genitive uaimhe uaimheanna
dative uaimh uaimheanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an uaimh na huaimheanna
genitive na huaimhe na n-uaimheanna
dative leis an uaimh
don uaimh 		leis na huaimheanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of uaimh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uaimh n-uaimh huaimh not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 302
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 9

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish úam, from Proto-Celtic *oumā (“cave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewn- (“empty”) (compare Ancient Greek εὖνις (eûnis, “deprived”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

uaimh f (genitive singular uamha or uaimhe, plural uamhan or uaimhean)

  1. cave

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 302
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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