adamh
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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)
Declension
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Derived terms
- adamh comhdhéanaimh (“constituent atom”)
- adamhach (“atomic”, adjective)
- adamhacht f (“atomicity”)
- adamhaigh (“atomize”, verb)
- dada, tada (“nothing”)
- gram-adamh (“gram-atom”)
Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| adamh | n-adamh | hadamh | t-adamh |
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) “adamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “atam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “adamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025