Irish

Noun

talamh f, m ‎(feminine genitive talún, masculine genitive talaimh, plural tailte)

1. earth, ground, land
   1. the earth
   2. surface of the earth
   3. dry land
   4. surface of ground
   5. land, soil
   6. total extent of land; territory, country
   7. property in land
   8. spot of ground
   9. land under water; (of sea) bottom
   10. solid base (for discussion, understanding)

Declension

Feminine declension:

Masculine declension:

• Alternative plural: taltaí (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

Mutation

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish talam, from Proto-Celtic *talamū, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥-mon-, root *tel- (compare Latin tellus ‎(“earth”)).

Noun

talamh m, f ‎(genitive singular talmhainn, plural talamhan or talmhainnean)

1. (masculine only) Earth (planet)
2. earth, soil, ground
3. land, country, territory

Usage notes

• Primarily masculine but feminine in genitive singular.

Synonyms

• (Earth): cruinne-cè
• (soil): ùir
• (land): tìr

Derived terms

• dè air thalamh?
• Talamh an Èisg
• talamh àitich
• talamh bàn

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 0 901771 92 9
• “talam” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.