лоам

Ingush

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *laam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔ̯ɑm/
  • Hyphenation: лоам
  • Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

лоам • (loamclass bd

  1. mountain
    • 1963, Zaurbek Malsagov, Грамматика ингушского языка [Grammar of the Ingush language]‎[1], 2nd edition, Grozny: Chechen-Ingush book publishing house, page 23:
      Лоамах дукха руцкъа доалл.
      Loamax duqa rucqʼa doall.
      There is a lot of wealth in the mountain.

Declension

Declension of лоам (shortened vowel in nominative)
singular plural
nominative лоам (loam) лоамаш (loamaš)
genitive лоама (loama) лоамӣ (loamii)
dative лоама̄ (loamaa) лоамашта (loamašta)
ergative лоамо̄ (loamoo) лоамаша (loamaša)
allative лоамага (loamaga) лоамаша (loamaša)
instrumental лоамаца (loamaca) лоамашца (loamašca)
lative лоамах (loamax) лоамех (loamex)
comparative лоамал (loamal) лоамел (loamel)

References

  • Nichols, Johanna B. (2004) “лоам”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 17