colmán

colmán

See also: colman, Colmán, and Colman

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish colmán, synchronically analyzable as colm +‎ -án.

Noun

colmán m (genitive singular colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)

1. little dove

Declension

Declension of colmán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative colmán colmáin Vocative a cholmáin a cholmána Genitive colmáin colmán Dative colmán colmáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an colmán na colmáin Genitive an cholmáin na gcolmán Dative leis an gcolmán don cholmán leis na colmáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
colmán	cholmán	gcolmán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Irish

Etymology

colum +‎ -án

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolmaːn/

Noun

colmán m (genitive colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)

1. little dove

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

• colmnat

Descendants

• Irish: colmán
• Manx: calmane, colmane
• Scottish Gaelic: calman

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
colmán	cholmán	colmán pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.