uaimh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish uaim, from Proto-Celtic *φoumās (“hole”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uəvʲ/

Noun

uaimh f (genitive singular uaimh, nominative plural uaimheanna)

  1. cave, den, pit, crypt

Declension
Declension of uaimh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uaimh uaimheanna
Vocative a uaimh a uaimheanna
Genitive uaimhe uaimheanna
Dative uaimh uaimheanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an uaimh na huaimheanna
Genitive na huaimhe na n-uaimheanna
Dative leis an uaimh

don uaimh

 leis na huaimheanna
Alternative declension
Declension of cruimh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cruimh crumha
Vocative a chruimh a chrumha
Genitive cruimhe crumha
Dative cruimh crumha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chruimh na crumha
Genitive na cruimhe na gcrumha
Dative leis an gcruimh

don chruimh

 leis na crumha

Synonyms
  • pluais
  • fochla

Derived terms

uaimheadóireacht f (“potholing, spelunking”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
uaimh not applicable n-uaimh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

uaimh f

  1. cave
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