dúlamán

Irish

Etymology

Earlier dubh-lomán, from dubh (“black”) and lomán (“log”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠuːl̪ˠəˈmˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːlˠəmˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠuːlˠəmˠænˠ/

Noun

dúlamán m (genitive singular dúlamáin)

1. channelled wrack (Pelvetia canaliculata), a type of edible seaweed.

Declension

Declension of dúlamán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative dúlamán Vocative a dhúlamáin Genitive dúlamáin Dative dúlamán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an dúlamán Genitive an dúlamáin Dative leis an dúlamán don dúlamán

Related terms

• feamainn

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúlamán	dhúlamán	ndúlamán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “dúlamán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dúlamán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 270
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúlamán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN