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Colmán

Colmán

See also: colmán, Colman, and colman

Irish

Proper noun

Colmán m (genitive Cholmáin)

  1. A male given name, equivalent to the English Colman.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Colmán Cholmán gColmán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

colmán

colmán

See also: colman, Colmán, and Colman

Irish

Noun

colmán m (genitive singular colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)

  1. little dove

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
colmán cholmán gcolmán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

colum + -án

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolmaːn/

Noun

colmán m (genitive colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)

  1. little dove

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
colmán cholmán colmán
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.