ailm

Irish

From Old Irish ailm (“pine; the letter A in Ogham”).

ailm f (genitive singular ailme, nominative plural ailmí)

Declension of ailm (second declension)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an ailm	na hailmí
genitive	na hailme	na n-ailmí
dative	leis an ailm don ailm	leis na hailmí

Mutated forms of *ailm*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailm	n-ailm	hailm	not applicable

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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ailm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish ailm. Cognates include Irish ailm.

ailm f

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

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ailm f

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation of *ailm*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ailm	n-ailm	h-ailm	t-ailm

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

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ailm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mark, Colin (2003) “ailm”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 17