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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish atam, from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”).
Pronunciation
Noun
adamh m (genitive singular adaimh, nominative plural adaimh)
- atom
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| adamh
|
n-adamh
|
hadamh
|
t-adamh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “atam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “adamh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “adamh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.