camm

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cam

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kambos (compare Welsh cam (“crooked”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/

Adjective

camm

1. crooked, bent, curved, twisted
2. (of hair) wavy, curly

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	camm	camm	camm
Vocative	caimm* camm**
Accusative	camm	caimm
Genitive	caimm	caimme	caimm
Dative	camm	caimm	camm
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	caimm	camma
Vocative	cammu camma†
Accusative	cammu camma†
Genitive	camm
Dative	cammaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Derived terms

• cammaid

Descendants

• Irish: cam
• Manx: cam
• Scottish Gaelic: cam

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 camm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language