lomm

Old Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈om/

Adjective

lomm

1. bare, naked
2. smooth
3. exact
4. (of cloth) threadbare
5. (of a judge or judgement) exact, strict
6. (of a liquid) pure, unadulterated
7. (of sounds) clear
8. (phonology, of consonants) unlenited

Descendants

• Irish: lom
• Manx: lhome
• Scottish Gaelic: lom

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lomm also llomm after a proclitic ending in a vowel	lomm pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lomm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) lom

Etymology

From Latin pulmō, from Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō.

Noun

lomm f (plural lomms)

1. (Surmiran) lung

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) leav
• (Surmiran) lev
• (Puter, Vallader) pulmun

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From .

Noun

1. the root end or the major end of a piece of wood or a log
2. the bound end of a broom
3. the handle of an oar