"luam" meaning in Old Irish

See luam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈl̪u.əβ̃/
Etymology: Conjectured to be from luae (“rudder”) + -em (agent suffix). Etymology templates: {{affix|sga|luae|-em|id2=occupational|pos2=agent suffix|t1=rudder}} luae (“rudder”) + -em (agent suffix) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun||||{{{2}}}|||||||nominative plural|luamain||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|altform=|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=luäm|sort=}} luäm m (nominative plural luamain), {{sga-noun|m|3=luamain|head=luäm}} luäm m (nominative plural luamain) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-n-mf|luamain|g=m}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=luamain+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_du4=|acc_pl=luamna+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=luamain+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|acc_sg4=|acc_sg5=|class=n-m|dat_du=luamnaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=luamnaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=luamain+L|dat_sg2=luam+L|dat_sg3=|dat_sg4=|dat_sg5=|dat_sg6=|gen_du=luamon, luaman+L|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=luamon, luaman+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=luamon, luaman|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=luamain+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_du4=|nom_pl=luamain|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=luam|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|nom_sg4=|voc_du=luamain+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_du4=|voc_pl=luamna+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=luam|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=|voc_sg4=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: luäm [canonical, masculine], luamain [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], luam [nominative, singular], luamain [dual, nominative], luamain [nominative, plural], luam [singular, vocative], luamain [dual, vocative], luamna [plural, vocative], luamain [accusative, singular], luamain [accusative, dual], luamna [accusative, plural], luamon [genitive, singular], luaman [genitive, singular], luamon [dual, genitive], luaman [dual, genitive], luamon [genitive, plural], luaman [genitive, plural], luamain [dative, singular], luam [dative, singular], luamnaib [dative, dual], luamnaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], luam [mutation, mutation-radical], also lluam in h-prothesis environments [mutation, mutation-radical], luam [lenition, mutation], luam [error-unrecognized-form, mutation], also lluam [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
  1. pilot, steersman
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "luamh"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "word": "lúam"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "luae",
        "3": "-em",
        "id2": "occupational",
        "pos2": "agent suffix",
        "t1": "rudder"
      },
      "expansion": "luae (“rudder”) + -em (agent suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Conjectured to be from luae (“rudder”) + -em (agent suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "luäm",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-n-mf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine n-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamnaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamnaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "also lluam in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "also lluam",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "luamain",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "luäm",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "luäm m (nominative plural luamain)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "3": "luamain",
        "head": "luäm"
      },
      "expansion": "luäm m (nominative plural luamain)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "luamain",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-n-mf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "luamain+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_du4": "",
        "acc_pl": "luamna+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "luamain+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "acc_sg4": "",
        "acc_sg5": "",
        "class": "n-m",
        "dat_du": "luamnaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "luamnaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "luamain+L",
        "dat_sg2": "luam+L",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "dat_sg4": "",
        "dat_sg5": "",
        "dat_sg6": "",
        "gen_du": "luamon, luaman+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "luamon, luaman+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "luamon, luaman",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "luamain+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_du4": "",
        "nom_pl": "luamain",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "luam",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "nom_sg4": "",
        "voc_du": "luamain+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_du4": "",
        "voc_pl": "luamna+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "luam",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": "",
        "voc_sg4": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish terms suffixed with -em (occupational)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              32,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              62,
              67
            ]
          ],
          "english": "(glossing Latin aguntur) i.e. are driven, i.e. if He be their pilot like how the Son is said to be driven by the Spirit.",
          "text": ".i. con·irchloiter .i. mad hé á luum ut di filio dicitur agebatur a spiritu.",
          "translation": "(glossing Latin aguntur) i.e. are driven, i.e. if He be their pilot like how the Son is said to be driven by the Spirit.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              39,
              43
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              71,
              80
            ]
          ],
          "english": "(glossing Latin celox) i.e. a peculiar type of ship, or as others say, steersman.",
          "text": ".i. sain-écosc noe vel alii dicunt .i. luam",
          "translation": "(glossing Latin celox) i.e. a peculiar type of ship, or as others say, steersman.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pilot, steersman"
      ],
      "id": "en-luam-sga-noun-2cgsfM4B",
      "links": [
        [
          "pilot",
          "pilot"
        ],
        [
          "steersman",
          "steersman"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈl̪u.əβ̃/"
    },
    {
      "note": "Blasse",
      "other": "[ˈl̪u.aβ̃]"
    },
    {
      "note": "Griffith",
      "other": "[ˈl̪u.əβ̃]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "luam"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "luamh"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "word": "lúam"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "luae",
        "3": "-em",
        "id2": "occupational",
        "pos2": "agent suffix",
        "t1": "rudder"
      },
      "expansion": "luae (“rudder”) + -em (agent suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Conjectured to be from luae (“rudder”) + -em (agent suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "luäm",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-n-mf",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine n-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaman",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamnaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luamnaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "also lluam in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luam",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "also lluam",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "luamain",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "luäm",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "luäm m (nominative plural luamain)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "3": "luamain",
        "head": "luäm"
      },
      "expansion": "luäm m (nominative plural luamain)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "luamain",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-n-mf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "luamain+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_du4": "",
        "acc_pl": "luamna+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "luamain+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "acc_sg4": "",
        "acc_sg5": "",
        "class": "n-m",
        "dat_du": "luamnaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "luamnaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "luamain+L",
        "dat_sg2": "luam+L",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "dat_sg4": "",
        "dat_sg5": "",
        "dat_sg6": "",
        "gen_du": "luamon, luaman+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "luamon, luaman+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "luamon, luaman",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "luamain+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_du4": "",
        "nom_pl": "luamain",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "luam",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "nom_sg4": "",
        "voc_du": "luamain+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_du4": "",
        "voc_pl": "luamna+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "luam",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": "",
        "voc_sg4": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish masculine nouns",
        "Old Irish masculine or feminine n-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish nouns",
        "Old Irish terms suffixed with -em (occupational)",
        "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old Irish terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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              32,
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            [
              62,
              67
            ]
          ],
          "english": "(glossing Latin aguntur) i.e. are driven, i.e. if He be their pilot like how the Son is said to be driven by the Spirit.",
          "text": ".i. con·irchloiter .i. mad hé á luum ut di filio dicitur agebatur a spiritu.",
          "translation": "(glossing Latin aguntur) i.e. are driven, i.e. if He be their pilot like how the Son is said to be driven by the Spirit.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
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          "english": "(glossing Latin celox) i.e. a peculiar type of ship, or as others say, steersman.",
          "text": ".i. sain-écosc noe vel alii dicunt .i. luam",
          "translation": "(glossing Latin celox) i.e. a peculiar type of ship, or as others say, steersman.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pilot, steersman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pilot",
          "pilot"
        ],
        [
          "steersman",
          "steersman"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈl̪u.əβ̃/"
    },
    {
      "note": "Blasse",
      "other": "[ˈl̪u.aβ̃]"
    },
    {
      "note": "Griffith",
      "other": "[ˈl̪u.əβ̃]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "luam"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "luam"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "luam",
  "trace": ""
}

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