clúmh
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish clúmh, from Old Irish clúm (“down, feathers, plumage, fur”), from Latin plūma (“feather, plume”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /kl̪ˠuːvˠ/, /kl̪ˠũːvˠ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /klˠuːv/, /kl̪ˠuːv/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /klˠuː/, /kl̪ˠuː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /klˠũː/, /kl̪ˠũː/[1]
Noun
editclúmh m (genitive singular clúimh)
- plumage, down, feathers (of birds)
- Synonym: cluimhreach
- body hair; down (on cheeks)
- fur, coat (of animal)
- Synonym: fionnadh
- (botany, of trees) foliage
- Synonym: duilliúr
- (botany, of plants) egret
- Synonym of clúmhach (“fluff, fuzz”)
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- clúmhach (“downy, feathery; hairy, furry; coated; fluffy, fuzzy; fleecy”, adjective)
- leaba chlúimh (éan) f, leaba chluimhrí f (“feather bed”)
- clúmh liath m (“downy mildew”)
Verb
editclúmh (present analytic clúmhann, future analytic clúmhfaidh, verbal noun clúmhadh, past participle clúfa)
- (transitive) Synonym of cluimhrigh (“pluck (feathers); preen”)
Conjugation
editconjugation of clúmh (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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clúmh | chlúmh | gclúmh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clúmh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clúm, clúim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “clúmh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “clúmh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
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- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
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