claíomh
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- claidheamh, claidhiomh, claoidheamh, cloidheamh, cluidheamh (obsolete)[1]
- cluíomh
- claidhmhe (Cois Fharraige)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish claideb,[2] from Proto-Celtic *kladiwos.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /kl̪ˠiːvˠ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /kl̪ˠiːvˠ/, /klˠiːvˠ/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /kl̪ˠiːw/, /klˠiːw/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈclʲẽːjəvʲ/[3] (as if spelled cléidhimh)
Noun
[edit]claíomh m (genitive singular claímh, nominative plural claimhte or claidhmheacha or claidhmhte)
Declension
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Alternative plural forms: claidhmheacha, claidhmhte
Derived terms
[edit]- claíomhchruthach (“xiphoid, sword-shaped”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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claíomh | chlaíomh | gclaíomh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “claíomh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “claideb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 153, page 60
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “claíomh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “claiḋeaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 144
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kelh₂-
- 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 with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
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