damh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dam (“ox, stag”), from Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Albanian dem (“bullock”), Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Old Irish daimid (“to allow, give in”), Latin domō, English tame).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠãw/

Noun

damh m (genitive singular daimh, nominative plural daimh)

1. ox
2. stag
3. (figuratively) strong man, champion; corpulent person

Declension

Declension of damh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative damh daimh Vocative a dhaimh a dhamha Genitive daimh damh Dative damh daimh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an damh na daimh Genitive an daimh na ndamh Dative leis an damh don damh leis na daimh

Synonyms

• (stag): damh alla

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dom (“house, home”).

Noun

damh f (genitive singular daimhe, nominative plural damha)

1. (literary) house, home

Declension

Declension of damh

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative damh damha Vocative a dhamh a dhamha Genitive daimhe damh Dative damh damha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an damh na damha Genitive na daimhe na ndamh Dative leis an damh don damh leis na damha

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠʊ̃h/

Pronoun

damh (emphatic damhsa)

1. Alternative form of dom (“for/to me”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
damh	dhamh	ndamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “damh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dom, dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dam (“ox, stag”), from Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Albanian dem (“bullock”), Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Old Irish daimid (“to allow, give in”), Latin domō, English tame).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tav/

Noun

damh m (genitive singular daimh, plural daimh or damhan)

1. ox, bullock
2. stag (usually of red deer)

Derived terms

• damh-allaidh
• damh-cabrach
• damh-cabrach
• damh-dearg
• damh-féidh
• damh-fiadhaich
• damh-lann
• damh-nartaidh
• damh-shùileach

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
damh	dhamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “damh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language