Ailm, the Glossary
Ailm is the Irish name of the sixteenth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚐ.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: Alpha, Beith (letter), Beta, Bríatharogam, Irish language, Kenning, Ogham, Pine, Rudolf Thurneysen.
- Ogham letters
Alpha
Alpha (uppercase, lowercase) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
See Ailm and Alpha
Beith (letter)
Beith (ᚁ) is the Irish name of the first letter (Irish "letter": sing.fid, pl.feda) of the Ogham alphabet, meaning "birch". Ailm and Beith (letter) are ogham letters and Writing system stubs.
Beta
Beta (uppercase, lowercase, or cursive; bē̂ta or víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet.
See Ailm and Beta
Bríatharogam
In early Irish literature, a Bríatharogam ("word ogham", plural Bríatharogaim) is a two-word kenning which explains the meanings of the names of the letters of the Ogham alphabet.
Irish language
Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language group, which is a part of the Indo-European language family.
Kenning
A kenning (Icelandic) is a figure of speech in the type of circumlocution, a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun.
See Ailm and Kenning
Ogham
Ogham (Modern Irish:; ogum, ogom, later ogam) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish language (scholastic ogham, 6th to 9th centuries).
See Ailm and Ogham
Pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.
See Ailm and Pine
Rudolf Thurneysen
Eduard Rudolf Thurneysen (March 14, 1857 – 9 August 1940) was a Swiss linguist and Celticist.
See Ailm and Rudolf Thurneysen
See also
Ogham letters
- Úr
- Ailm
- Beith (letter)
- Ceirt
- Coll (letter)
- Dair
- Eadhadh
- Fearn (letter)
- Forfeda
- Gort (letter)
- Ifín
- Iodhadh
- Luis (letter)
- Muin (letter)
- NGéadal
- Nion
- Onn
- Ruis (letter)
- Sail (letter)
- Straif
- Tinne (letter)
- Uath
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailm
Also known as Ailm (letter), .