loman

See also: Loman

Finnish

Noun

loman

1. genitive singular of loma

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lomanā. Cognate with archaic Welsh llyfan, Breton louan (“belt, strap”), and Cornish lovan (“rope”).^[1]

Noun

loman f (nominative plural lomna)

1. cord, rope
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 17^d3

     sainchenelæ srogill imbí .xl. loman

     a special type of whip wherein are 40 strips of leather

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	lomanL	lomainL	lomnaH
Vocative	lomanL	lomainL	lomnaH
Accusative	lomainN	lomainL	lomnaH
Genitive	lomnaeH	lomanL	lomanN
Dative	lomainL	lomnaib	lomnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: loman
  • Irish: lomhain
  • Scottish Gaelic: lomhainn

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
loman also lloman after a proclitic ending in a vowel	loman pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lomanā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 244

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “loman”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lôːman/
• Hyphenation: lo‧man

Adjective

lȏman (Cyrillic spelling ло̑ман, definite lȏmnī, comparative lomniji)

1. breakable
2. fragile (of a person)

Declension

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		loman	lomna	lomno
genitive		lomna	lomne	lomna
dative		lomnu	lomnoj	lomnu
accusative	inanimate animate	loman lomna	lomnu	lomno
vocative		loman	lomna	lomno
locative		lomnu	lomnoj	lomnu
instrumental		lomnim	lomnom	lomnim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		lomni	lomne	lomna
genitive		lomnih	lomnih	lomnih
dative		lomnim(a)	lomnim(a)	lomnim(a)
accusative		lomne	lomne	lomna
vocative		lomni	lomne	lomna
locative		lomnim(a)	lomnim(a)	lomnim(a)
instrumental		lomnim(a)	lomnim(a)	lomnim(a)

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		lomni	lomna	lomno
genitive		lomnog(a)	lomne	lomnog(a)
dative		lomnom(u/e)	lomnoj	lomnom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	lomni lomnog(a)	lomnu	lomno
vocative		lomni	lomna	lomno
locative		lomnom(e/u)	lomnoj	lomnom(e/u)
instrumental		lomnim	lomnom	lomnim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		lomni	lomne	lomna
genitive		lomnih	lomnih	lomnih
dative		lomnim(a)	lomnim(a)	lomnim(a)
accusative		lomne	lomne	lomna
vocative		lomni	lomne	lomna
locative		lomnim(a)	lomnim(a)	lomnim(a)
instrumental		lomnim(a)	lomnim(a)	lomnim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		lomniji	lomnija	lomnije
genitive		lomnijeg(a)	lomnije	lomnijeg(a)
dative		lomnijem(u)	lomnijoj	lomnijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	lomniji lomnijeg(a)	lomniju	lomnije
vocative		lomniji	lomnija	lomnije
locative		lomnijem(u)	lomnijoj	lomnijem(u)
instrumental		lomnijim	lomnijom	lomnijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		lomniji	lomnije	lomnija
genitive		lomnijih	lomnijih	lomnijih
dative		lomnijim(a)	lomnijim(a)	lomnijim(a)
accusative		lomnije	lomnije	lomnija
vocative		lomniji	lomnije	lomnija
locative		lomnijim(a)	lomnijim(a)	lomnijim(a)
instrumental		lomnijim(a)	lomnijim(a)	lomnijim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najlomniji	najlomnija	najlomnije
genitive		najlomnijeg(a)	najlomnije	najlomnijeg(a)
dative		najlomnijem(u)	najlomnijoj	najlomnijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najlomniji najlomnijeg(a)	najlomniju	najlomnije
vocative		najlomniji	najlomnija	najlomnije
locative		najlomnijem(u)	najlomnijoj	najlomnijem(u)
instrumental		najlomnijim	najlomnijom	najlomnijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najlomniji	najlomnije	najlomnija
genitive		najlomnijih	najlomnijih	najlomnijih
dative		najlomnijim(a)	najlomnijim(a)	najlomnijim(a)
accusative		najlomnije	najlomnije	najlomnija
vocative		najlomniji	najlomnije	najlomnija
locative		najlomnijim(a)	najlomnijim(a)	najlomnijim(a)
instrumental		najlomnijim(a)	najlomnijim(a)	najlomnijim(a)

superlative forms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From lo (“law”) +‎ man (“man”).

Noun

loman

1. lawyer

   Synonym: loya