clòimh
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish clúm (“down, feathers, plumage, fur”), from Latin plūma (“feather, plume”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]clòimh f
Declension
[edit]Declension of clòimh (class IIb feminine noun)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | clòimh | clòimhean |
Genitive | clòimhe | chlòimhean |
Dative | clòimh | clòimhean; clòimhibh✝ |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (a') chlòimh | (na) clòimhean |
Genitive | (na) clòimhe | (nan) clòimhean |
Dative | (a') chlòimh | (na) clòimhean; clòimhibh✝ |
Vocative | (a) chlòimh | (a) chlòimhean |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Synonyms
[edit]- (wool): olann
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
clòimh | chlòimh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Colin Mark (2003) “clòimh”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 144
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- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Latin
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic second-declension nouns