Gaillimh

Irish

Etymology

Of uncertain meaning. The City of Galway is named from the old name for the River Corrib that runs from Lake Corrib to Galway Bay, Abhainn na Gaillimhe in Irish. It is said that gaillimh may mean “rocky” or “stony” in English.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gaillimh f (genitive Gaillimhe)

  1. Galway (a county of Ireland)
    Synonym: Contae na Gaillimhe
  2. Galway (a city in County Galway, Ireland)
    Synonym: Cathair na Gaillimhe

Declension

Declension of Gaillimh (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Gaillimh
vocative a Ghaillimh
genitive Gaillimhe
dative Gaillimh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Ghaillimh
genitive na Gaillimhe
dative leis an nGaillimh
don Ghaillimh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gaillimh
radical lenition eclipsis
Gaillimh Ghaillimh nGaillimh

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 122
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