"Ogham" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈoʊ.əm/, /ˈɒɡəm/ (note: see the usage notes)
Rhymes: -oʊəm Etymology: Borrowed from Irish ogham, from Middle Irish ogam, from Proto-Celtic *ogmos (“furrow, path”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óǵmos. The Irish word is frequently folk-etymologized as og-úaim, referring to ogham being supposedly made by the point of a sharp weapon, but this approach faces serious phonological and morphological problems in that: * The name of ogham and the supposed second element (úaimm (“seam”)?) inflected very differently in Early Irish, "ogham" being an o-stem and the second element being a neuter n-stem. * Middle Irish ogmóir (“skilled in ogham”) should have a vowel in between the g and m because vowels lengthened by compensatory lengthening after consonant loss are usually not syncopated in Early Irish. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ga|ogham}} Irish ogham, {{der|en|mga|ogam}} Middle Irish ogam, {{der|en|cel-pro|*ogmos|t=furrow, path}} Proto-Celtic *ogmos (“furrow, path”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂óǵmos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂óǵmos, {{m+|mga|ogmóir|t=skilled in ogham}} Middle Irish ogmóir (“skilled in ogham”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ogham
  1. An ancient Celtic alphabet historically used to write Primitive Irish. Categories (topical): Alphabets Synonyms: ogham, ogam Derived forms: oghamic
    Sense id: en-Ogham-en-name-Nkk9ERW- Disambiguation of Alphabets: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 99 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 99 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈoʊ.əm/, /ˈɒɡəm/ (note: see the usage notes) Forms: Oghams [plural]
Rhymes: -oʊəm Etymology: Borrowed from Irish ogham, from Middle Irish ogam, from Proto-Celtic *ogmos (“furrow, path”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óǵmos. The Irish word is frequently folk-etymologized as og-úaim, referring to ogham being supposedly made by the point of a sharp weapon, but this approach faces serious phonological and morphological problems in that: * The name of ogham and the supposed second element (úaimm (“seam”)?) inflected very differently in Early Irish, "ogham" being an o-stem and the second element being a neuter n-stem. * Middle Irish ogmóir (“skilled in ogham”) should have a vowel in between the g and m because vowels lengthened by compensatory lengthening after consonant loss are usually not syncopated in Early Irish. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ga|ogham}} Irish ogham, {{der|en|mga|ogam}} Middle Irish ogam, {{der|en|cel-pro|*ogmos|t=furrow, path}} Proto-Celtic *ogmos (“furrow, path”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂óǵmos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂óǵmos, {{m+|mga|ogmóir|t=skilled in ogham}} Middle Irish ogmóir (“skilled in ogham”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Ogham (plural Oghams)
  1. A single character in this alphabet. Related terms: beth luis nion, beth luis fern
    Sense id: en-Ogham-en-noun-IIJk7lI7

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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