dáimh
See also: daimh and dàimh
Irish
Alternative forms
- dámh
Etymology
From Old Irish dám (“company, retinue”). Doublet of dámh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dàimh.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɑːvʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠãːvʲ/
Noun
dáimh f (genitive singular dáimhe)
- affection (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- Synonyms: caithis, cion, gean
- friendship
- Synonyms: cairdeas, muintearas
- sympathy (mutual relationship)
- Synonym: bá
Declension
Declension of dáimh
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dáimh | dháimh | ndáimh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “dáimh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “dáiṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 220
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dáimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65