annamh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish andam (“lonely; rare”)[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic ainneamh).

Pronunciation

Adjective

annamh (genitive singular masculine annaimh, genitive singular feminine annaimhe, plural annamha, comparative annaimhe)

  1. rare, infrequent
  2. (literary) lonely, desolate

Declension

Declension of annamh
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative annamh annamh annamha
vocative annaimh annamha
genitive annamhe annamha annamh
dative annamh annamh;
annaimh (archaic) 		annamha
Comparative níos annamhe
Superlative is annamhe

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of annamh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
annamh n-annamh hannamh not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “annam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 25
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 257
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 236, page 86

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