lomm

Old Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /l͈om/

Adjective

lomm

bare, naked
smooth
exact
(of cloth) threadbare
(of a judge or judgement) exact, strict
(of a liquid) pure, unadulterated
(of sounds) clear
(phonology, of consonants) unlenited

Descendants

Irish: lom
Manx: lhome
Scottish Gaelic: lom

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lomm also llomm after a proclitic	lomm pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	lomm also llomm after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “lomm”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) lom

Etymology

From Latin pulmō, from Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō.

Noun

lomm f (plural lomms)

(Surmiran) lung

Synonyms

(Sutsilvan) leav
(Surmiran) lev
(Puter, Vallader) pulmun

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse hlummr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [lɯ̞́ᵝmː], [lɞ́mː]
Rhymes: -ʊ́mː

Noun

lomm m

the root end or the major end of a piece of wood or a log
the bound end of a broom
the handle of an oar

Derived terms

kvast-lómm
lómm-drug
låmmø
år-lómm

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