colm

See also: Colm and čołm

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌl̪ˠəmˠ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish colum, from Old Irish columb, from Latin columbus, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”).

Noun

colm m (genitive singular coilm, nominative plural coilm)

1. dove, pigeon

   Synonyms: colúr, fearán

Declension

Declension of colm

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative colm coilm Vocative a choilm a cholma Genitive coilm colm Dative colm coilm

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an colm na coilm Genitive an choilm na gcolm Dative leis an gcolm don cholm leis na coilm

Derived terms

• colm aille m (“rock dove”)
• colm coille m (“ring dove, wood pigeon”)
• colm gorm m (“stock dove”)
• colm sráide m (“feral pigeon”)
• colmán m (“(little) dove; pigeon”)
• colmlann f (“dovecote”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

colm m (genitive singular coilm, nominative plural coilm)

1. scar

Declension

Declension of colm

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative colm coilm Vocative a choilm a cholma Genitive coilm colm Dative colm coilm

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an colm na coilm Genitive an choilm na gcolm Dative leis an gcolm don cholm leis na coilm

Derived terms

• colmnach (“scarred”, adjective)
• fíochán coilm (“scar tissue”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
colm	cholm	gcolm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN