columb

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin columbus, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkolumb]

Noun

columb m (genitive coluimb, nominative plural coluimb)

  1. dove

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative columb columbL coluimbL
vocative coluimb columbL columbuH
accusative columbN columbL columbuH
genitive coluimbL columb columbN
dative columbL columbaib columbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: colum
    • Irish: colm
    • Manx: colum
    • Scottish Gaelic: calum

Mutation

Mutation of columb
radical lenition nasalization
columb cholumb columb
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

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