falmadair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From failm +‎ -adair.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfal̪ˠamət̪ɛɾʲ/
  • Hyphenation: fal‧ma‧dair

Noun

falmadair m

  1. (nautical) helm; tiller

Declension

Declension of falmadair (class IId masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative falmadair falmadairean
genitive falmadair fhalmadairean
dative falmadair falmadairean
definite
singular plural
nominative (am) falmadair (na) falmadairean
genitive (an) fhalmadair (nam) falmadairean
dative (an) fhalmadair (na) falmadairean
vocative fhalmadair fhalmadairean

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of falmadair
radical lenition
falmadair fhalmadair

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

References

  • Mark, Colin (2003) “falmadair”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 279