colm

See also: Colm and čołm

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌl̪ˠəmˠ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish colum, from Old Irish columb, from Latin columbus, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”).

Noun

colm m (genitive singular coilm, nominative plural coilm)

dove, pigeon
Synonyms: colúr, fearán

Declension

Declension of colm

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	colm	coilm
Vocative	a choilm	a cholma
Genitive	coilm	colm
Dative	colm	coilm

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an colm	na coilm
Genitive	an choilm	na gcolm
Dative	leis an gcolm don cholm	leis na coilm

Derived terms

colm aille m (“rock dove”)
colm coille m (“ring dove, wood pigeon”)
colm gorm m (“stock dove”)
colm sráide m (“feral pigeon”)
colmán m (“(little) dove; pigeon”)
colmlann f (“dovecote”)

Noun

colm m (genitive singular coilm, nominative plural coilm)

scar

Declension

Declension of colm

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	colm	coilm
Vocative	a choilm	a cholma
Genitive	coilm	colm
Dative	colm	coilm

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an colm	na coilm
Genitive	an choilm	na gcolm
Dative	leis an gcolm don cholm	leis na coilm

Derived terms

colmnach (“scarred”, adjective)
fíochán coilm (“scar tissue”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
colm	cholm	gcolm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “colm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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