Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish garman (“weaver's beam”).
Noun
garma f (genitive singular garman, nominative plural garmana or garmna)
- (textiles) beam
- Synonym: maide garman
Declension
- Standard
Declension of garma (fifth declension)
| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
|
an gharma
|
na garmana
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| genitive
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na garman
|
na ngarmana
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| dative
|
leis an ngarma
leis an ngarmain (archaic, dialectal)
don gharma
don gharmain (archaic, dialectal)
|
leis na garmana
|
|
- Nonstandard
Declension of garma (fifth declension)
| forms with the definite article
|
|
|
singular
|
plural
|
| nominative
|
an gharma
|
na garmna
|
| genitive
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na garmna
|
na ngarmna
|
| dative
|
leis an ngarma
leis an ngarmain (archaic, dialectal)
don gharma
don gharmain (archaic, dialectal)
|
leis na garmna
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Derived terms
- garma croiche f (“crossbeam of a gallows”)
- garma geata f (“gatepost”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of garma
| radical
|
lenition
|
eclipsis
|
| garma
|
gharma
|
ngarma
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “garma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “garman”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
garma
- genitive singular of gairm
Mutation
Mutation of garma
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| garma |
garma
pronounced with /ɣ-/ |
ngarma
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.