dam-

Garo

Etymology

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Classifier

dam-

  1. classifier for places: villages, fields, houses, windows, doors

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *do-ambi-, from *do- +‎ *ambi-,[1] equivalent to dy- (“to, together”) +‎ am- (“around”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dam/

Prefix

dam-

  1. around, circum-
    ‎dam- + ‎cylchu (“to circle, to surround”) → ‎damgylchu (“to encompass, to surround”)
    ‎dam- + ‎amcanu (“to estimate”) → ‎damcanu (“to conjecture, to speculate”)

Derived terms
Welsh terms prefixed with dam-

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
dam- ddam- nam- unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dam-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 156 i (13)
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