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failm

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfalam/
  • Hyphenation: failm

Noun

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failm f

  1. (nautical) helm; tiller

Declension

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Declension of failm (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative failm failmean
genitive failme fhailmean
dative failm failmean; failmibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) fhailm (na) failmean
genitive (na) failme (nam) failmean
dative (an) fhailm (na) failmean; failmibh1
vocative fhailm fhailmean

1 archaic or poetic form

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of failm
radical lenition
failm fhailm

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

References

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  • Mark, Colin (2003), “failm”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 276