damh
Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish dam (“ox, stag”), from Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Albanian dem (“bullock”), Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Old Irish daimid (“to allow, give in”), Latin domō, English tame).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
damh m (genitive singular daimh, nominative plural daimh)
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (stag): damh alla
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish dom (“house, home”).
Noun[edit]
damh f (genitive singular daimhe, nominative plural damha)
Declension[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
damh (emphatic damhsa)
- Alternative form of dom (“for/to me”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
damh | dhamh | ndamh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 77
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “damh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dom, dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish dam (“ox, stag”), from Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Albanian dem (“bullock”), Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Old Irish daimid (“to allow, give in”), Latin domō, English tame).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
damh m (genitive singular daimh, plural daimh or damhan)
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
damh | dhamh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “damh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *demh₂-
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- ga:Cattle
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