lomadh

Irish

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔmˠə/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʊmˠə/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʊmˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʌmˠu/
• Past autonomous form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔmˠəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʊmˠəvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʊmˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʌmˠu/
• Past habitual, past subjunctive and imperative forms:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔmˠəx/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈl̪ˠʊmˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈl̪ˠʊmˠəx/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈl̪ˠʊmˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈl̪ˠʊmˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈl̪ˠʌmˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈl̪ˠʌmˠu/

Noun

lomadh m (genitive singular lomtha)

1. verbal noun of lom
2. baring, shearing (sheep), stripping, denudation, defoliation
3. impoverishment, fleecing

Declension

Declension of lomadh (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative lomadh vocative a lomadh genitive lomtha dative lomadh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an lomadh genitive an lomtha dative leis an lomadh don lomadh

Synonyms

• (stripping): rúscadh, scamhadh, nochtadh, scoitheadh
• (shearing): bearradh
• (fleecing): sailleadh

Verb

lomadh

1. inflection of lom:
   1. past habitual analytic
   2. third-person singular imperative
   3. past subjunctive analytic
   4. past indicative autonomous

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lomadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN