failm

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfalam/
  • Hyphenation: failm

Noun

failm f

  1. (nautical) helm; tiller

Declension

Declension of failm (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative failm failmean
genitive failme fhailmean
dative failm failmean; failmibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) fhailm (na) failmean
genitive (na) failme (nam) failmean
dative (an) fhailm (na) failmean; failmibh✝
vocative fhailm fhailmean

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of failm
radical lenition
failm fhailm

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

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “failm”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 276
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