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lámh

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See also: làmh

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish lám (hand; arm),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ɸlāmā (compare Welsh llaw), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ (palm, hand) (compare Latin palma, Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lámh f (genitive singular láimhe, nominative plural lámha)

  1. hand (part of the forelimb; pointer of a clock; style of penmanship); arm
  2. handle
  3. signature
  4. hand (unit of measurement): (of horses) four inches, (of fish, plants, etc.) three inches

Declension

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Declension of lámh (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative lámh lámha
vocative a lámh a lámha
genitive láimhe lámh
dative láimh lámha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an lámh na lámha
genitive na láimhe na lámh
dative leis an láimh
don láimh
leis na lámha

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 54, page 29
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 148, page 58

Further reading

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