colmán

See also: colman, Colmán, and Colman

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish colmán. By surface analysis, colm +‎ -án.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠan̪ˠ/, /ˈkɔlˠəmˠanˠ/[1]

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.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 291, page 104

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 colmán colmánL colmáinL
Vocative colmáin colmánL colmánuH
Accusative colmánN colmánL colmánuH
Genitive colmáinL colmán colmánN
Dative colmánL colmánaib colmánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle Irish: colmán

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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.
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