caoimhe
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See also: Caoimhe
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish caíme (“beauty, loveliness; charity, kindliness”), from cóem (compare modern caomh).
Noun[edit]
caoimhe f (genitive singular caoimhe)
Declension[edit]
Declension of caoimhe
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective[edit]
caoimhe
- inflection of caomh (“dear, gentle; mild, pleasant; lovely, smooth”):
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caoimhe | chaoimhe | gcaoimhe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caoimhe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caíme”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “caoimhe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “caoimhe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
caoimhe
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
caoimhe | chaoimhe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
Categories:
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱey-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish adjective forms
- Irish comparative adjectives
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic non-lemma forms
- Scottish Gaelic adjective forms
- Scottish Gaelic comparative adjectives