sóidiam

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sodium.

Noun

sóidiam m (genitive singular sóidiam)

  1. sodium

Declension

Declension of sóidiam (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative sóidiam
vocative a shóidiam
genitive sóidiam
dative sóidiam
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an sóidiam
genitive an tsóidiam
dative leis an sóidiam
don sóidiam

Derived terms

  • carbónáit sóidiam (sodium carbonate)
  • clóiríd sóidiam (sodium chloride)
  • décharbónáit sóidiam (sodium bicarbonate)
  • hiodrocsaíd sóidiam (sodium hydroxide)
  • níotráit sóidiam (sodium nitrate)
  • sóidiam loiscneach (caustic sodium)
  • sulfáit sóidiam (sodium sulphate)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sóidiam
radical lenition eclipsis
sóidiam shóidiam
after an, tsóidiam
not applicable

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

Further reading

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