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ailm

ailm

Irish

Noun

ailm f (genitive singular ailme, nominative plural ailmí)

  1. (literary) pine (tree of the genus Pinus)
  2. the letter A in the Ogham alphabet

Declension

Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ailm n-ailm hailm t-ailm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "ailm" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • ailm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ailm.

Noun

ailm f (genitive singular ailme, plural ailmean)

  1. elm

Synonyms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ailm n-ailm h-ailm t-ailm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • ailm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.