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falamh

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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falamh (genitive singular masculine falaimh, genitive singular feminine failmhe, plural falmha, comparative failmhe)

  1. Cois Fharraige form of folamh (“empty”)

Declension

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Declension of falamh
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative falamh fhalamh falmha;
fhalmha2
vocative fhalaimh falmha
genitive failmhe falmha falamh
dative falamh;
fhalamh1 		fhalamh;
fhalaimh (archaic) 		falmha;
fhalmha2
Comparative níos failmhe
Superlative is failmhe

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of falamh
radical lenition eclipsis
falamh fhalamh bhfalamh

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish folam, falam.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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falamh

  1. empty, void
    soitheach falamh ― an empty dish
    air àite falamh ― in a void space
  2. hollow
  3. poor
  4. wanting
    Is fheàrr fuine thana na bhith uile falamh.
    A thin batch is better than to want bread altogether.
  5. unoccupied
    taigh falamh ― an unoccupied house

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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