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lomm

lomm

Old Irish

Adjective

lomm

  1. bare, naked
  2. smooth
  3. exact
  4. (of cloth) threadbare
  5. (of a judge or judgement) exact, strict
  6. (of a liquid) pure, unadulterated
  7. (of sounds) clear
  8. (phonology, of consonants) unlenited

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
lomm
also llomm after a proclitic
lomm
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
lomm
also llomm after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) lom

Etymology

From Latin pulmō, from Proto-Indo-European *pléu-mon-.

Noun

lomm f (plural lomms)

  1. (Surmiran) lung

Synonyms