columb

Old Irish[edit]

Borrowed from Latin columbus, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”).

columb m

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	columb	columb^L	coluimb^L
Vocative	coluimb	columb^L	columbu^H
Accusative	columb^N	columb^L	columbu^H
Genitive	coluimb^L	columb	columb^N
Dative	columb^L	columbaib	columbaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
columb	cholumb	columb pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.