dáimh

See also: daimh and dàimh

Irish

Alternative forms

• dámh

Etymology

From Old Irish dám (“company, retinue”). Doublet of dámh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dàimh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɑːvʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠãːvʲ/

Noun

dáimh f (genitive singular dáimhe)

1. affection (feeling of love or strong attachment)

   Synonyms: caithis, cion, gean

2. friendship

   Synonyms: cairdeas, muintearas

3. sympathy (mutual relationship)

   Synonym: bá

Declension

Declension of dáimh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative dáimh Vocative a dháimh Genitive dáimhe Dative dáimh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an dáimh Genitive na dáimhe Dative leis an dáimh don dáimh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dáimh	dháimh	ndáimh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “dáimh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dáiṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 220
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dáimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65