iléam

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ileum from Latin ilia.

Noun

iléam m (genitive singular iléim, nominative plural iléim)

  1. (anatomy) ileum
    Synonym: caolán beag

Declension

Declension of iléam (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative iléam iléim
vocative a iléim a iléama
genitive iléim iléam
dative iléam iléim
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-iléam na hiléim
genitive an iléim na n-iléam
dative leis an iléam
don iléam 		leis na hiléim

Mutation

Mutated forms of iléam
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iléam n-iléam hiléam t-iléam

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

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iléam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “ileum”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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