ionam

Irish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • ionnam

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɪn̪ˠəmˠ/, /ˈɪnəmˠ/, /ˈæn̪ˠəmˠ/[1]
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈʊn̪ˠəmˠ/, /ˈʊn̪ˠt̪ˠəmˠ/, /ˈiːn̪ˠt̪ˠəmˠ/[2]

Pronoun

ionam (emphatic ionamsa)

  1. first-person singular of i: in me

Etymology 2

From Portuguese inhame, from Fula nyami (“to eat”).

Noun

ionam m (genitive singular ionaim, nominative plural ionaim)

  1. yam (edible root of a Dioscorea plant)
Declension
Declension of ionam (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ionam ionaim
vocative a ionaim a ionama
genitive ionaim ionam
dative ionam ionaim
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ionam na hionaim
genitive an ionaim na n-ionam
dative leis an ionam
don ionam 		leis na hionaim

Mutation

Mutated forms of ionam
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ionam n-ionam hionam t-ionam

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 307, page 143

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