damh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dam (ox, stag), from Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (bull) (compare Albanian dem (bullock), Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, calf)), from *demh₂- (to tame) (compare Old Irish daimid (to allow, give in), Latin domō, English tame).

Pronunciation

Noun

damh m (genitive singular daimh, nominative plural daimh)

  1. ox
  2. stag
  3. (figuratively) strong man, champion; corpulent person
Declension
Synonyms
  • (stag): damh alla

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dom (house, home).

Noun

damh f (genitive singular daimhe, nominative plural damha)

  1. (literary) house, home
Declension

Pronunciation

Pronoun

damh (emphatic damhsa)

  1. Alternative form of dom (for/to me)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
damh dhamh ndamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 77

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dam (ox, stag), from Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (bull) (compare Albanian dem (bullock), Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, calf)), from *demh₂- (to tame) (compare Old Irish daimid (to allow, give in), Latin domō, English tame).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tav/

Noun

damh m (genitive singular daimh, plural daimh or damhan)

  1. ox, bullock
  2. stag (usually of red deer)

Derived terms

  • damh-allaidh
  • damh-cabrach
  • damh-cabrach
  • damh-dearg
  • damh-féidh
  • damh-fiadhaich
  • damh-lann
  • damh-nartaidh
  • damh-shùileach

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
damhdhamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “damh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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