Nom-choimmdiu-coíma!

Nom-choimmdiu-coíma!

(may me * lord * protect)

May the Lord preserve me!

We find this exclamation is written down in the “Thesaurus” (ii 290.11). The word order is archaic, involving a feature called tmesis, which allows a noun to intervene right in the middle of the verbal complex, something like “May pro-the Lord-tect me!”


Topics: Religious Exclamations Blessings & Good Wishes