colm

See also: Colm

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌl̪ˠəmˠ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish colum, from Old Irish columb, from Latin columbus, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”).

Noun

colm m (genitive singular coilm, nominative plural coilm)

  1. dove; pigeon
Declension
Declension of colm

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colm coilm
Vocative a choilm a cholma
Genitive coilm colm
Dative colm coilm

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an colm na coilm
Genitive an choilm na gcolm
Dative leis an gcolm

don cholm

 leis na coilm
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • colm aille m (“rock-dove”)
  • colmán m (“(little) dove; pigeon”)
  • colm coille m (“ring-dove, wood-pigeon”)
  • colm gorm m (“stock-dove”)
  • colmlann f (“dove-cote”)
  • colm sráide m (“London pigeon”)

Etymology 2

Noun

colm m (genitive singular coilm, nominative plural coilm)

  1. scar
Declension
Declension of colm

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colm coilm
Vocative a choilm a cholma
Genitive coilm colm
Dative colm coilm

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an colm na coilm
Genitive an choilm na gcolm
Dative leis an gcolm

don cholm

 leis na coilm
Derived terms
  • colmnach (“scarred”, adjective)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
colm cholm gcolm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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