neamh

See also: neamh- and nèamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish nem,[1] from Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”),[2] from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos. Cognate with Breton neñv, Cornish nev and Welsh nef.

Pronunciation

Noun

neamh f (genitive singular neimhe or nimhe)

  1. heaven; sky, firmament

Declension
Declension of neamh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative neamh
Vocative a neamh
Genitive neimhe
Dative neamh
neimh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an neamh
Genitive na neimhe
Dative leis an neamh
leis an neimh (archaic, dialectal)

don neamh
don neimh (archaic, dialectal)

Alternative declension:

Declension of neamh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative neamh
Vocative a neamh
Genitive nimhe
Dative neamh
nimh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an neamh
Genitive na nimhe
Dative leis an neamh
leis an nimh (archaic, dialectal)

don neamh
don nimh (archaic, dialectal)

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 nem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nemos-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 77

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