garma

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish garman (“weaver's beam”).

Noun

garma f (genitive singular garman, nominative plural garmana or garmna)

1. (textiles) beam

   Synonym: maide garman

Declension

Standard

Declension of garma

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative garma garmana Vocative a gharma a gharmana Genitive garman garmana Dative garma garmain (archaic, dialectal) garmana

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gharma na garmana Genitive na garman na ngarmana Dative leis an ngarma leis an ngarmain (archaic, dialectal) don gharma don gharmain (archaic, dialectal) leis na garmana

Nonstandard

Declension of garma

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative garma garmna Vocative a gharma a gharmna Genitive garmna garmna Dative garma garmain (archaic, dialectal) garmna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gharma na garmna Genitive na garmna na ngarmna Dative leis an ngarma leis an ngarmain (archaic, dialectal) don gharma don gharmain (archaic, dialectal) leis na garmna

Derived terms

• garma croiche f (“crossbeam of a gallows”)
• garma geata f (“gatepost”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
garma	gharma	ngarma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “garma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “garman”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language