columb

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin columbus, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolumb/

Noun

columb m

  1. dove

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: colm
  • Manx: colum
  • Scottish Gaelic: calum

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
columb cholumb columb
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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