lomm

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lummo-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (to bend; to peel, tear, flake off, damage), see also Lithuanian lùpti (to peel), Latvian lupt (to peel; eat), Proto-Slavic *lupiti (to peel).[1] Cognate with Welsh llwm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l͈om/

Adjective

lomm

  1. bare, naked
  2. smooth
  3. exact
  4. (of cloth) threadbare
  5. (of a judge or judgement) exact, strict
  6. (of a liquid) pure, unadulterated
  7. (of sounds) clear
  8. (phonology, of consonants) unlenited

Descendants

  • Irish: lom
  • Manx: lhome
  • Scottish Gaelic: lom

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
lomm
also llomm after a proclitic
lomm
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), lomm”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • lom (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin pulmō

Noun

lomm f (plural lomms)

  1. (Surmiran) lung

Synonyms

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