cam – Irish adjective declension

Irish adjective forms of cam

Adjective: cam
Declension: 1
Singular Nominativecam
Singular Genitive Masc.caim
Singular Genitive Fem.caime
Plural Nominativecama

Comparative

níos caime
ní ba chaime

Superlative

is caime
ba chaime

Adjectives inflected like cam

cam, crom, míchothrom, taobhthrom, éagothrom,

Etymology

From Old Irish camm. The sense “bent, gay” is a semantic loan from English bent.

Verbs referencing "cam"

English Adjectives gammy.

Translations

  • distort, to bring something out of shape