Ingush

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Mountains and a city in Ingushetia.

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Nakh *laam.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔ̯ɑm/
  • Hyphenation: лоам
  • Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

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лоам (loamclass bd

  1. mountain
    • 1963, Zaurbek Malsagov, Грамматика ингушского языка [Grammar of the Ingush language]‎[1], 2nd edition, Grozny: Chechen-Ingush book publishing house, page 23:
      Лоамах дукха руцкъа доалл.
      Loamax duqa rucqʼa doall.
      There is a lot of wealth in the mountain.

Declension

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Declension of лоам
Singular Plural
Nominative лоам
loam
лоамаш
loamaš
Genitive лоама
loama
лоамӣ
loamii
Ergative лоамо̄
loamoo
лоамаша
loamaša
Dative лоама̄
loamaa
лоамашта
loamašta
Instrumental лоамаца
loamaca
лоамашца
loamašca
Comparison лоамал
loamal
лоамел
loamel
Allative лоамага
loamaga
лоамашка
loamaška
Lative лоамах
loamax
лоамех
loamex

References

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  • Nichols, Johanna B. (2004) “лоам”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 17