uaimh

Irish

Alternative forms

• uamh, uamha

Etymology

From Old Irish úam, from Proto-Celtic *oumā (“cave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewn- (“empty”) (compare Ancient Greek εὖνις (eûnis, “deprived”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uəvʲ/

Noun

uaimh f (genitive singular uaimhe, nominative plural uaimheanna)

1. cave, den, pit, crypt

   Synonyms: pluais, fochla

Declension

Declension of uaimh

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative uaimh uaimheanna Vocative a uaimh a uaimheanna Genitive uaimhe uaimheanna Dative uaimh uaimheanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an uaimh na huaimheanna Genitive na huaimhe na n-uaimheanna Dative leis an uaimh don uaimh leis na huaimheanna

Derived terms

• uaimheadóireacht f (“potholing, spelunking”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uaimh	n-uaimh	huaimh	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “uaimh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uaimh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 769
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uaimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úam, from Proto-Celtic *oumā (“cave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewn- (“empty”) (compare Ancient Greek εὖνις (eûnis, “deprived”).

Noun

uaimh f

1. cave