dáimh
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish dám (“company, retinue”).[2] Doublet of dámh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dàimh.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdáimh f (genitive singular dáimhe)
- affection (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- friendship
- Synonyms: cairdeas, muintearas
- sympathy (mutual relationship)
- Synonym: bá
Declension
editDeclension of dáimh
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dáimh | dháimh | ndáimh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ “dáimh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dáiṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 220
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dáimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN