columb

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolumb/

Noun

columb m

  1. dove

Inflection

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

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: colum
    • Irish: colm
    • Manx: colum
    • Scottish Gaelic: calum

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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.
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