Irish

Noun

damh m ‎(genitive singular daimh, nominative plural daimh)

1. ox
2. stag
3. (figuratively) strong man, champion; corpulent person

Declension

Synonyms

• (stag): damh alla

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dom ‎(“house, home”).

Noun

damh f ‎(genitive singular daimhe, nominative plural damha)

1. (literary) house, home

Declension

Etymology 3

Pronoun

damh ‎(emphatic damhsa)

1. Alternative form of dom ‎(“for/to me”)

Mutation

References

• "damh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 dam” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “dom, dam” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dam ‎(“ox, stag”), from Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- ‎(“bull”) (compare Albanian dem ‎(“bullock”), Ancient Greek δάμαλος ‎(dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- ‎(“to tame”) (compare Old Irish daimid ‎(“to allow, give in”), Latin domō, English tame).

Noun

damh m ‎(genitive singular daimh, plural damhan)

1. ox, bullock
2. stag (usually of red deer)

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “1 dam” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.