colmán

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See also: colman, Colmán, and Colman

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish colmán. By surface analysis, colm +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠan̪ˠ/, /ˈkɔlˠəmˠanˠ/[1]

Noun

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colmán m (genitive singular colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)

  1. little dove

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
colmán cholmán gcolmán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 291, page 104

Old Irish

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Etymology

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colum +‎ -án

Pronunciation

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Noun

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colmán m (genitive colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)

  1. little dove

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative colmán colmánL colmáinL
Vocative colmáin colmánL colmánuH
Accusative colmánN colmánL colmánuH
Genitive colmáinL colmán colmánN
Dative colmánL colmánaib colmánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: colmán

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
colmán cholmán colmán
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.