Colm Cille

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Columb Cille, from columb (“dove”) + cell (“church”). Cognate to Scottish Gaelic Calum Cille and Manx Colum Keeilley.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˌkɔl̪ˠəmˈcɪlʲə/[1]
  • (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˌkɔlˠəmˈcɪl̠ʲə/, /ˌkɔl̪ˠəmˈcɪl̠ʲə/

Proper noun

Colm Cille m (genitive Colm Cille)

  1. Saint Columba of Iona

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Colm Cille
radical lenition eclipsis
Colm Cille Cholm Cille gColm Cille

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 235, page 119
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