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): /ˈkolumb/

Noun

columb m

1. dove

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• colmán
• colmnat

Descendants

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

Mutation

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