"caomh" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Adjective

IPA: /kʰɯːv/ Forms: caoimhe [comparative]
Etymology: From Old Irish cóem, from Proto-Celtic *koimos (“dear, nice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“of the home, belonging to the family”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|cóem}} Old Irish cóem, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*koimos|t=dear, nice}} Proto-Celtic *koimos (“dear, nice”), {{inh|gd|ine-pro|*ḱóymos|t=of the home, belonging to the family}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“of the home, belonging to the family”) Head templates: {{head|gd|adjective|||||||||comparative|caoimhe|||||||||f1accel-form=gen|s|m|f2accel-form=gen|s|f|f3accel-form=gen|s|f|f4accel-form=p|f5accel-form=comparative|f6accel-form=comparative|f7accel-form=comparative|f8accel-form=qualitative|f9accel-form=qualitative|head=}} caomh (comparative caoimhe), {{gd-adj|comp=caoimhe}} caomh (comparative caoimhe)
  1. kind, meek, gracious, gentle, mild
    Sense id: en-caomh-gd-adj-6kNzpTvy
  2. emollient
    Sense id: en-caomh-gd-adj-GnNetloL
  3. tender
    Sense id: en-caomh-gd-adj-qeunxAXq
  4. dear, beloved
    Sense id: en-caomh-gd-adj-yAqM9Hv9
  5. bland
    Sense id: en-caomh-gd-adj-nbfNT51b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: is caomh le (english: like (verb))

Noun

IPA: /kʰɯːv/ Forms: caoimh [genitive, singular], caoimh [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caomh [mutation, mutation-radical], chaomh [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From Old Irish cóem, from Proto-Celtic *koimos (“dear, nice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“of the home, belonging to the family”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|cóem}} Old Irish cóem, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*koimos|t=dear, nice}} Proto-Celtic *koimos (“dear, nice”), {{inh|gd|ine-pro|*ḱóymos|t=of the home, belonging to the family}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“of the home, belonging to the family”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|caoimh|||||||plural|caoimh||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} caomh m (genitive singular caoimh, plural caoimh), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=caoimh|pl=caoimh}} caomh m (genitive singular caoimh, plural caoimh) Inflection templates: {{gd-mut-cons|c|aomh}}
  1. kindness, gentleness, friendship, hospitality Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caomh-gd-noun--5gpFS~O Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 14 3 1 9 26 35 1 5 6
  2. friend Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caomh-gd-noun-zeSFN8os
  3. beloved object Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caomh-gd-noun-lpLicYCt
  4. (rare) feast Tags: masculine, rare
    Sense id: en-caomh-gd-noun-HY3sGga5

Inflected forms

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      ]
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          "gentle",
          "gentle"
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        ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɯːv/"
    }
  ],
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        "23": "",
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          "hospitality",
          "hospitality"
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          "feast"
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        "(rare) feast"
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    }
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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          "gentle",
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          "dear",
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      "ipa": "/kʰɯːv/"
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feast",
          "feast"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) feast"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɯːv/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caomh"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scottish Gaelic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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