úam
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- húam
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *oumā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ew-n-meh₂, from *h₁weh₂- (“empty”).[1] Perhaps cognate with Ancient Greek εὖνις (eûnis, “one who is bereaved”), Old Armenian ունայն (unayn, “empty”) and Old English wan- (“lacking”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːa̯β̃/
Noun
úam f (genitive úaime)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | úamL | úaimL | úamaH |
| vocative | úamL | úaimL | úamaH |
| accusative | úaimN | úaimL | úamaH |
| genitive | úaimeH | úamL | úamN |
| dative | úaimL | úamaib | úamaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 úam, úaim, úama”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2
Univerbation of ó (“from”) + mo (“my”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːa̯m/
Determiner
úam
Descendants
- Irish: óm
Further reading
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 847, page 524; reprinted 2017
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| úam (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
úam | n-úam |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Hamp, E. P. (1985), “Varia IV”, in Ériu, volume 36, pages 181–83
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*owmā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 302