luamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish luam (“pilot, steersman”).

Noun

luamh m (genitive singular luaimh)

  1. (literary) pilot, steersman
  2. (literary) guiding hand
  3. (literary, ecclesiastical) abbot
  4. yacht

Declension

Declension of luamh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative luamh
vocative a luaimh
genitive luaimh
dative luamh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an luamh
genitive an luaimh
dative leis an luamh
don luamh

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “yacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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