claidheamh

Irish

Noun

claidheamh m (genitive singular claidhimh, nominative plural claidhmhte)

1. Superseded spelling of claíomh.

Declension

Declension of claidheamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative claidheamh claidhmhte Vocative a chlaidhimh a chlaidhmhte Genitive claidhimh claidhmhte Dative claidheamh claidhmhte

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an claidheamh na claidhmhte Genitive an chlaidhimh na gclaidhmhte Dative leis an gclaidheamh don chlaidheamh leis na claidhmhte

• Nominative plural: claidhmhe, claidhmhteacha, claidhmhthe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
claidheamh	chlaidheamh	gclaidheamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “claiḋeaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “claidheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish claideb, from Proto-Celtic *kladiwos.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰl̪ˠãju/
• (Harris, most of Skye) IPA^(key): [ˈkl̪ˠæ̃.əv]
• (North Uist, Trotternish) IPA^(key): [ˈkl̪ˠæ̃.ʊ]
• (South Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈkl̪ˠai.u/
• (Tiree) IPA^(key): [ˈkl̪ˠɑjiv]
• (Islay) IPA^(key): [ˈkl̪ˠɑʔiv]
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): [ˈkl̪ˠa.i]

Noun

claidheamh m (genitive singular claidheimh, plural claidheamhan or claidhnean)

1. sword

   Synonym: slòighre

   Chluich Seumas leis a’ chlaidheamh. ― James played with the sword.

Derived terms

• claidheamh-mòr (“claymore”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of claidheamh

radical	lenition
claidheamh	chlaidheamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.