cam in Scottish Gaelic

IPA: /kʰaum/, [kʰãũm~kʰæ̃ũm], /kʰɛm/ (note: South Argyll) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Irish camm. Etymology templates: {{dercat|gd|cel-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|gd|sga|camm}} Old Irish camm Head templates: {{head|gd|adjective}} cam Inflection templates: {{gd-decl-adj-1|c|am|aim}}, {{gd-decl-adj-table|cam|chaim|cam|chaim|cham|caime|chaim|cham|cama|cama|cama|cama|type=type I adjective}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cam [masculine, nominative], cham [feminine, nominative], cama [nominative, plural], chaim [genitive, masculine], caime [feminine, genitive], cama [genitive, plural], cam [dative, masculine], chaim [dative, feminine], cama [dative, plural], chaim [masculine, vocative], cham [feminine, vocative], cama [plural, vocative]

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "cam",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative"
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    {
      "form": "cham",
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        "nominative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cama",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaim",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caime",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cama",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "cam",
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        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "form": "chaim",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cama",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "chaim",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "cham",
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        "vocative"
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        "crooked, askew"
      ],
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          "crooked",
          "crooked"
        ],
        [
          "askew",
          "askew"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "one-eyed"
      ],
      "id": "en-cam-gd-adj-08OjiNKw",
      "links": [
        [
          "one-eyed",
          "one-eyed"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wry, deceitful, tricky"
      ],
      "id": "en-cam-gd-adj-9yBde~aH",
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        [
          "wry",
          "wry"
        ],
        [
          "deceitful",
          "deceitful"
        ],
        [
          "tricky",
          "tricky"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaum/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰãũm~kʰæ̃ũm]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɛm/",
      "note": "South Argyll"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cam"
}

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    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
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    },
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    }
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "cam",
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        "nominative"
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    {
      "form": "cham",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "cama",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "chaim",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine"
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      "form": "caime",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "cama",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "cham",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "vocative"
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    },
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      "form": "cama",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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        "4": "chaim",
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  "lang_code": "gd",
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "crooked",
          "crooked"
        ],
        [
          "askew",
          "askew"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "one-eyed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "one-eyed",
          "one-eyed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wry, deceitful, tricky"
      ],
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        [
          "wry",
          "wry"
        ],
        [
          "deceitful",
          "deceitful"
        ],
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          "tricky",
          "tricky"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaum/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰãũm~kʰæ̃ũm]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɛm/",
      "note": "South Argyll"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cam"
}

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  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
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    "cam"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "cam",
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}

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  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
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  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "cam",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 10"
}

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  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "adjective",
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"cam" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

Inflected forms