Irish

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claíomh

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish claideb,[2] from Proto-Celtic *kladiwos.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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claíomh m (genitive singular claímh, nominative plural claimhte or claidhmheacha or claidhmhte)

  1. sword

Declension

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Alternative plural forms: claidhmheacha, claidhmhte

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
claíomh chlaíomh gclaíomh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ claíomh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “claideb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 153, page 60

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