colmán

See also: colman, Colmán, and Colman

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish colmán, synchronically analyzable as colm +‎ -án.

Noun

colmán m (genitive singular colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)

1. little dove

Declension

Declension of colmán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative colmán colmáin Vocative a cholmáin a cholmána Genitive colmáin colmán Dative colmán colmáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an colmán na colmáin Genitive an cholmáin na gcolmán Dative leis an gcolmán don cholmán leis na colmáin

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Old Irish

Etymology

colum +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolmaːn/

Noun

colmán m (genitive colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)

1. little dove

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

• colmnat

Descendants

• Irish: colmán
• Manx: calmane, colmane
• Scottish Gaelic: calman

Mutation

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