uaimh

See also: Uaimh

Irish

Alternative forms
  • uamh, uamha, uamhain

Etymology

From Old Irish úam, from Proto-Celtic *oumā (“cave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewn- (“empty”) (compare Ancient Greek εὖνις (eûnis, “deprived”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uəvʲ/
  • (Ulster, dated) IPA(key): /ũi̯/[2]

Noun

uaimh f (genitive singular uaimhe, nominative plural uaimheanna or uamhacha)

  1. cave
    Synonyms: pluais, prochóg
  2. den
  3. pit
  4. crypt

Declension
Declension of uaimh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative uaimh uaimheanna
Vocative a uaimh a uaimheanna
Genitive uaimhe uaimheanna
Dative uaimh uaimheanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an uaimh na huaimheanna
Genitive na huaimhe na n-uaimheanna
Dative leis an uaimh

don uaimh

 leis na huaimheanna

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
uaimh n-uaimh huaimh not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 302
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 9

Further reading
  • “uaimh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uaimh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 769
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uaimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úam, from Proto-Celtic *oumā (“cave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewn- (“empty”) (compare Ancient Greek εὖνις (eûnis, “deprived”).[1]

Noun

uaimh f

  1. cave

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 302
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