uaimh
See also: Uaimh
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish úam, from Proto-Celtic *oumā (“cave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewn- (“empty”) (compare Ancient Greek εὖνις (eûnis, “deprived”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edituaimh f (genitive singular uaimhe, nominative plural uaimheanna or uamhacha)
Declension
editDeclension of uaimh
Bare forms
|
Forms with the definite article
|
Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
uaimh | n-uaimh | huaimh | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 302
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 9
Further reading
edit- “uaimh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uaimh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 769
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uaimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish úam, from Proto-Celtic *oumā (“cave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewn- (“empty”) (compare Ancient Greek εὖνις (eûnis, “deprived”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edituaimh f (genitive singular uamha or uaimhe, plural uamhan or uaimhean)
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 302
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish second-declension nouns
- ga:Geography
- ga:Geology
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns