agallamh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish acallam, from Old Irish acaldam (“act of addressing, conversation”), verbal noun of ad·gládathar (“addresses, speaks to, converses with”). By surface analysis, agaill +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

Noun

agallamh m (genitive singular agallaimh, nominative plural agallaimh)

  1. verbal noun of agaill
  2. argument
  3. interview

Declension

Declension of agallamh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative agallamh agallaimh
vocative a agallaimh a agallamha
genitive agallaimh agallamh
dative agallamh agallaimh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-agallamh na hagallaimh
genitive an agallaimh na n-agallamh
dative leis an agallamh
don agallamh 		leis na hagallaimh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of agallamh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
agallamh n-agallamh hagallamh t-agallamh

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • agalladh

Etymology

From Middle Irish acallam, from Old Irish acaldam (“act of addressing, conversation”), verbal noun of ad·gládathar (“addresses, speaks to, converses with”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈakəl̪ˠəv/

Noun

agallamh m (genitive singular agallaimh, plural agallamhan)

  1. conferring, arguing, speaking, speech
  2. conversation
  3. (mass media) interview

Synonyms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “agallamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “acallam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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