damh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dam (“ox, stag”), from Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Albanian dem (“bullock”), Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Old Irish daimid (“to allow, give in”), Latin domō, English tame).

Noun

damh m (genitive singular daimh, nominative plural daimh)

  1. ox
  2. stag
  3. (figuratively) strong man, champion; corpulent person
Declension
Declension of damh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative damh daimh
Vocative a dhaimh a dhamha
Genitive daimh damh
Dative damh daimh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an damh na daimh
Genitive an daimh na ndamh
Dative leis an damh

don damh

 leis na daimh
Synonyms
  • (stag): damh alla

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dom (“house, home”).

Noun

damh f (genitive singular daimhe, nominative plural damha)

  1. (literary) house, home
Declension
Declension of damh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative damh damha
Vocative a dhamh a dhamha
Genitive daimhe damh
Dative damh damha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an damh na damha
Genitive na daimhe na ndamh
Dative leis an damh

don damh

 leis na damha

Pronoun

damh (emphatic damhsa)

  1. Alternative form of dom (“for/to me”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
damh dhamh ndamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "damh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 dam” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “dom, dam” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dam (“ox, stag”), from Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Albanian dem (“bullock”), Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Old Irish daimid (“to allow, give in”), Latin domō, English tame).

Noun

damh m (genitive singular daimh, plural damhan)

  1. ox, bullock
  2. stag (usually of red deer)

Derived terms
  • damh-allaidh m (“wild ox; wild stag; pygarg”)
  • damh-cabrach m (“5-year old stag”)
  • damh-cabrach m (“antlered stag”)
  • damh-dearg m (“stag of red deer”)
  • damh-féidh m (“hart, stag, buck”)
  • damh-fiadhaich m (“wild ox, buffalo; pygarg”)
  • damh-lann m (“ox-stall”)
  • damh-nartaidh m (“bullock”)
  • damh-shùileach (“ox-eyed”, adjective)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
damhdhamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 dam” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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