colm

See also: Colm and čołm

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkolˠəmˠ/, (Cois Fharraige) [ˈkol̪ˠəmˠ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlˠəmˠ/, /ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ/, /ˈkʌlˠəmˠ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish colum, from Old Irish columb, from Latin columbus, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”).

Alternative forms

• colam, colum (superseded)

Noun

colm m (genitive singular coilm, nominative plural coilm)

1. dove, pigeon

   Synonyms: colúr, fearán

Declension

Declension of colm (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative colm coilm vocative a choilm a cholma genitive coilm colm dative colm coilm forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an colm na coilm genitive an choilm na gcolm dative leis an gcolm don cholm leis na coilm

Derived terms

• colm aille m (“rock dove”)
• colm coille m (“ring dove, wood pigeon”)
• colm gorm m (“stock dove”)
• colm sráide m (“feral pigeon”)
• colmán m (“(little) dove; pigeon”)
• colmlann f (“dovecote”)

Etymology 2

Noun

colm m (genitive singular coilm, nominative plural coilm)

1. scar

Declension

Declension of colm (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative colm coilm vocative a choilm a cholma genitive coilm colm dative colm coilm forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an colm na coilm genitive an choilm na gcolm dative leis an gcolm don cholm leis na coilm

Derived terms

• colmnach (“scarred”, adjective)
• fíochán coilm (“scar tissue”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of colm

radical	lenition	eclipsis
colm	cholm	gcolm

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “colm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN