лоам

Ingush

Mountains and a city in Ingushetia.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *laam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ̯ɑm/
• Hyphenation: лоам
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

лоам • (loam) class bd

1. mountain
   • 1963, Zaurbek Malsagov, Грамматика ингушского языка [Grammar of the Ingush language]‎, 2nd edition, Grozny: Chechen-Ingush book publishing house, page 23:

     Лоамах дукха руцкъа доалл.

     Loamax duqa rucqʼa doall.

     There is a lot of wealth in the mountain.

Declension

Declension of лоам (shortened vowel in nominative)
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	лоам loam	лоамаш loamaš
Genitive	лоама loama	лоамӣ loamii
Ergative	лоамо̄ loamoo	лоамаша loamaša
Dative	лоама̄ loamaa	лоамашта loamašta
Instrumental	лоамаца loamaca	лоамашца loamašca
Comparison	лоамал loamal	лоамел loamel
Allative	лоамага loamaga	лоамашка loamaška
Lative	лоамах loamax	лоамех loamex

References

• Nichols, Johanna B. (2004) “лоам”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 17