Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish forlamus (“supremacy, sway, domination”).
Noun
forlámhas m (genitive singular forlámhais)
- domination
- despotism
- usurpation
Declension
Declension of forlámhas (first declension, no plural)
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- forlámhach (“despotic”, adjective)
- forlámhaí m (“despot”)
- forlámhaigh (“dominate”, verb)
Mutation
Mutated forms of forlámhas
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| forlámhas
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fhorlámhas
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bhforlámhas
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forlamus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “forlámhas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society