Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin columbus, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, a diver), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, dive, plunge headlong, swim).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

columb m

  1. dove

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative columb columbL coluimbL
Vocative coluimb columbL columbuH
Accusative columbN columbL columbuH
Genitive coluimbL columb columbN
Dative columbL columbaib columbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Irish: colum

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
columb cholumb columb
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.