camán
Appearance
See also: caman
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cammán. By surface analysis, cam (“crooked”) + -án.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]camán m (genitive singular camáin, nominative plural camáin)
- (hurling) hurley, hurl, hurling stick
- Coimeád an camán i do láimh láidir
- Keep the hurley in your strong hand.
- (music) quaver
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- camán gall (“chervil”)
- camán meall, camán míonla (“camomile”)
- camánacht (“(act of) hurley-playing”)
Related terms
[edit]- camógaíocht (“camogie”)
- iomáin, iomáint, iománaíocht (“hurling”)
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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camán | chamán | gcamán |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “camán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “camán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “camán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024