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damh.

ox

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/d̪ˠãw/Ulster
  1. ox

    masculine
  2. stag

    masculine
  3. strong man, champion; corpulent person

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish dam (“ox, stag”), from Proto-Celtic *damos, from Proto-Indo-European *dm̥h₂-ó- (“bull”) (compare Albanian dem (“bullock”), Ancient Greek δάμαλος (dámalos, “calf”)), from *demh₂- (“to tame”) (compare Old Irish daimid (“to allow, give in”), Latin domō, English tame).

noun
  1. house, home

    feminine · literary
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish dom (“house, home”).

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