ómun

== Old Irish == === Alternative forms === omun, homun (with short vowel) === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *oβnus. The ó is unexpected, since fricative-induced compensatory lengthening did not occur, as no fricative was deleted. Thurneysen explained the long ó as being transferred from the synonym úath (“fear”) before that word underwent diphthongization. Forms with the expected short vowel like omun are also attested and are completely interchangeable with the long-vowel forms, even within a single Old Irish speaker's writings. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoː.β̃un/ (Blasse) [ˈoː.β̃un] (Griffith) [ˈoː.β̃øn] === Noun === ómun m fear c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 59a18 c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 128d7 ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: úaman, oman Irish: uamhan Scottish Gaelic: uabhann === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “omun, ómun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language