daim

French

Etymology

Late Latin dāmus, from Latin dāma (“fallow deer, buck, doe”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ̃
  • Homophone: daims

Noun

daim m (plural daims)

  1. fallow deer
  2. (in general) deer
  3. buck
  4. buckskin, doeskin; suede

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /daṽʲ/

Etymology 1

Inflected forms of dam (“bull”).

Alternative forms
  • doim

Noun

daim

  1. vocative singular of dam
  2. genitive singular of dam
  3. nominative plural of dam

Etymology 2

Inflected forms of daimid (“to suffer, permit”)

Alternative forms

Verb

·daim

  1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of daimid
  • damaid (absolute)

Verb

daim

  1. second-person singular imperative of daimid

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
daim daim
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/		 ndaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

White Hmong

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d̪a̰ḭ˩/

Classifier

daim

  1. used for objects that are flat
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