# damh
## Irish
### Etymology 1

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).

#### Pronunciation

* (Ulster) IPA: /d̪ˠãw/

#### Noun

damh m (genitive singular daimh, nominative plural daimh)
* ox
* stag
* (figuratively) strong man, champion; corpulent person

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
damh
daimh
vocative
a dhaimh
a dhamha
genitive
daimh
damh
dative
damh
daimh
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an damh
na daimh
genitive
an daimh
na ndamh
dative
leis an damh don damh
leis na daimh :

##### Synonyms

* (stag): damh alla

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish dom (“house, home”).

#### Noun

damh f (genitive singular daimhe, nominative plural damha)
* (literary) house, home

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
damh
damha
vocative
a dhamh
a dhamha
genitive
daimhe
damh
dative
damh
damha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an damh
na damha
genitive
na daimhe
na ndamh
dative
leis an damh don damh
leis na damha :

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Ulster) IPA: /d̪ˠʊ̃h/

#### Pronoun

damh (emphatic damhsa)
* Alternative form of dom (“for/to me”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* 1 2 Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 77

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “damh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dom, dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## 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).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tav/

### Noun

damh m (genitive singular daimh, plural daimh or damhan)
* ox, bullock
* stag (usually of red deer)

#### Derived terms

* damh-allaidh
* damh-cabrach
* damh-cabrach
* damh-dearg
* damh-féidh
* damh-fiadhaich
* damh-lann
* damh-nartaidh
* damh-shùileach

### Mutation

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

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “damh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language