adamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish atam, from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”).

Pronunciation

Noun

adamh m (genitive singular adaimh, nominative plural adaimh)

  1. atom

Declension

Declension of adamh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative adamh adaimh
vocative a adaimh a adamha
genitive adaimh adamh
dative adamh adaimh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-adamh na hadaimh
genitive an adaimh na n-adamh
dative leis an adamh
don adamh 		leis na hadaimh

Derived terms

  • adamh comhdhéanaimh (“constituent atom”)
  • adamhach (“atomic”, adjective)
  • adamhacht f (“atomicity”)
  • adamhaigh (“atomize”, verb)
  • dada, tada (“nothing”)
  • gram-adamh (“gram-atom”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of adamh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adamh n-adamh hadamh t-adamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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