columb

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• colum

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin columbus, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.lumb/
  • (Blasse) [ˈko.lumb]
  • (Griffith) [ˈko.lømb]

Noun

columb m (genitive coluimb, nominative plural coluimb)

1. dove

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	columb	columbL	coluimbL
vocative	coluimb	columbL	columbuH
accusative	columbN	columbL	columbuH
genitive	coluimbL	columb	columbN
dative	columbL	columbaib	columbaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• colmán
• Colmán
• colmnat

Descendants

• Middle Irish: colum
  • Irish: colm
  • Manx: colum
  • Scottish Gaelic: calum

Mutation

Mutation of columb

radical	lenition	nasalization
columb	cholumb	columb pronounced with /ɡ-/

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