failm

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalam/
• Hyphenation: failm

Noun

failm f

1. (nautical) helm; tiller

Declension

Declension of failm (class IIb feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	failm	failmean
genitive	failme	fhailmean
dative	failm	failmean; failmibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) fhailm	(na) failmean
genitive	(na) failme	(nam) failmean
dative	(an) fhailm	(na) failmean; failmibh1
vocative	fhailm	fhailmean

¹ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

• falmadair, ailm

Derived terms

• falmadair

Mutation

Mutation of failm

radical	lenition
failm	fhailm

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

References

• Mark, Colin (2003), “failm”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 276