talamh

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. land
2. earth
3. ground
4. (of sea) bottom

Declension

Declension of talamh

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative talamh tailte Vocative a thalamh a thailte Genitive talún tailte Dative talamh tailte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an talamh na tailte Genitive na talún na dtailte Dative leis an talamh don talamh leis na tailte

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

Derived terms

ardtalamh (“upland”) ceapach thalún (“plot of land”) Talamh an Éisc (“Newfoundland”) An Talamh Naofa (“The Holy Land”)

talamhiata (“landlocked”) talmhaí (“agriculturist, husbandman; earthly; worldly; thickset”) talmhaigh (“to dig oneself in, earth; to touch down”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
talamh	thalamh	dtalamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. (masculine only) Earth (planet)
2. earth, soil, ground
3. land, country, territory

Usage notes

• Primarily masculine but feminine in genitive singular.

Synonyms

• (Earth): cruinne-cè
• (soil): ùir
• (land): tìr

Derived terms

• dè air thalamh?
• Talamh an Èisg
• talamh àitich
• talamh bàn