colmán

See also: colman, Colmán, and Colman

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish colmán. By surface analysis, colm +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠan̪ˠ/, /ˈkɔlˠəmˠanˠ/

Noun

colmán m (genitive singular colmáin, nominative plural colmáin)

1. little dove

Declension

Declension of colmán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative colmán colmáin vocative a cholmáin a cholmána genitive colmáin colmán dative colmán colmáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an colmán na colmáin genitive an cholmáin na gcolmán dative leis an gcolmán don cholmán leis na colmáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of colmán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
colmán	cholmán	gcolmán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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	colmán	colmánL	colmáinL
Vocative	colmáin	colmánL	colmánuH
Accusative	colmánN	colmánL	colmánuH
Genitive	colmáinL	colmán	colmánN
Dative	colmánL	colmánaib	colmánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• Colmán

Descendants

• Middle Irish: colmán
  • Irish: colmán
  • Manx: calmane, colmane
  • Scottish Gaelic: calman

Mutation

Mutation of colmán

radical	lenition	nasalization
colmán	cholmán	colmán pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.