Irish
Etymology
From éil(igh) + -amh.
Pronunciation
Noun
éileamh m (genitive singular as substantive éilimh, genitive as verbal noun éilithe, nominative plural éilimh)
- verbal noun of éiligh
- claim, demand
Declension
As a substantive:
Declension of éileamh (first declension)
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As a verbal noun:
Declension of éileamh (third declension, no plural)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of éileamh
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| éileamh
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n-éileamh
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héileamh
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t-éileamh
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 94
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éileamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61