claidheamh

Irish

Noun

claidheamh m (genitive singular claidhimh, nominative plural claidhmhte)

1. Superseded spelling of claíomh.

Declension

Declension of claidheamh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative claidheamh claidhmhte vocative a chlaidhimh a chlaidhmhte genitive claidhimh claidhmhte dative claidheamh claidhmhte forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an claidheamh na claidhmhte genitive an chlaidhimh na gclaidhmhte dative leis an gclaidheamh don chlaidheamh leis na claidhmhte

• Nominative plural: claidhmhe, claidhmhteacha, claidhmhthe

Mutation

Mutated forms of claidheamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
claidheamh	chlaidheamh	gclaidheamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “claiḋeaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “claidheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish claideb, from Proto-Celtic *kladiwos.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰl̪ˠãju/
• (Harris, most of Skye) IPA^(key): [ˈkl̪ˠæ̃.əv]
• (North Uist, Trotternish) IPA^(key): [ˈkl̪ˠæ̃.ʊ]
• (South Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈkl̪ˠai.u/
• (Tiree) IPA^(key): [ˈkl̪ˠɑjiv]
• (Islay) IPA^(key): [ˈkl̪ˠɑʔiv]
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈkl̪ˠa.ɪ/

Noun

claidheamh m (genitive singular claidheimh, plural claidheamhan or claidhnean)

1. sword

   Synonym: slòighre

   Chluich Seumas leis a’ chlaidheamh. ― James played with the sword.

Derived terms

• claidheamh-mòr (“claymore”)

Mutation

Mutation of claidheamh

radical	lenition
claidheamh	chlaidheamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.