clúmh
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish clúmh, from Old Irish clúm (“down, feathers, plumage, fur”), from Latin plūma (“feather, plume”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *plew-.
Noun
clúmh m (genitive singular clúimh)
- (of birds) plumage, down, feathers
- Synonym: cluimhreach
- body hair; down (on cheeks)
- (of animal) fur, coat
- Synonym: fionnadh
- (botany, of trees) foliage
- Synonym: duilliúr
- (botany, of plants) egret
- Synonym of clúmhach (“fluff, fuzz”)
Declension
Declension of clúmh
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- clúmh liath m (“downy mildew”)
- clúmhach (“downy, feathery; hairy, furry; coated; fluffy, fuzzy; fleecy”, adjective)
- leaba chlúimh (éan) f, leaba chluimhrí f (“feather bed”)
Verb
clúmh (present analytic clúmhann, future analytic clúmhfaidh, verbal noun clúmhadh, past participle clúfa)
- (transitive) Synonym of cluimhrigh (“pluck (feathers); preen”)
Conjugation
conjugation of clúmh (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
clúmh | chlúmh | gclúmh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clúmh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clúm, clúim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “clúmh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “clúmh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- ga:Botany
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Irish verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
- ga:Hair