lomm
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *lummo-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to bend; to peel, tear, flake off, damage”), see also Lithuanian lùpti (“to peel”), Latvian lupt (“to peel; eat”), Proto-Slavic *lupiti (“to peel”).[1] Cognate with Welsh llwm.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lomm
- bare, naked
- smooth
- exact
- threadbare (of cloth)
- exact, strict (of a judge or judgement)
- pure, unadulterated (of a liquid)
- clear (of sounds)
- (phonology, of consonants) unlenited
Inflection edit
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | lomm | lomm | lomm |
| Vocative | loimm* lomm** | ||
| Accusative | lomm | loimm | |
| Genitive | loimm | lommae | loimm |
| Dative | lomm | loimm | lomm |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | loimm | lomma | |
| Vocative | lommu lomma† | ||
| Accusative | lommu lomma† | ||
| Genitive | lomm | ||
| Dative | lommaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| lomm also llomm after a proclitic |
lomm pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lomm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “lomm”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
lomm f (plural lomms)