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talam

talam

See also: tālam and tālām

Old Irish

Noun

talam m ‎(genitive talman, nominative plural talmain)

earth, (dry) land
land, country
(element) earth
earth, soil, dirt, clay

Declension

Masculine n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	talam	talmain^L	talmain
Vocative	talam	talmain^L	talmana^H
Accusative	talmain^N	talmain^L	talmana^H
Genitive	talman	talman^L	talman^N
Dative	talmain^L	talmanaib	talmanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: talamh
Manx: thalloo
Scottish Gaelic: talamh

Mutation

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

References

“talam” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.