agallamh

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish acallam, from Old Irish acaldam (“act of addressing, conversation”), verbal noun of ad·gládathar (“addresses, speaks to, converses with”). By surface analysis, agaill +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

Noun

agallamh m (genitive singular agallaimh, nominative plural agallaimh)

  1. verbal noun of agaill
  2. argument
  3. interview

Declension

Declension of agallamh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative agallamh agallaimh
vocative a agallaimh a agallamha
genitive agallaimh agallamh
dative agallamh agallaimh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-agallamh na hagallaimh
genitive an agallaimh na n-agallamh
dative leis an agallamh
don agallamh 		leis na hagallaimh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of agallamh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
agallamh n-agallamh hagallamh t-agallamh

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish acallam, from Old Irish acaldam (“act of addressing, conversation”), verbal noun of ad·gládathar (“addresses, speaks to, converses with”).

Pronunciation

Noun

agallamh m (genitive singular agallaimh, plural agallamhan)

  1. conferring, arguing, speaking, speech
  2. conversation
  3. (mass media) interview

Synonyms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “agallamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “acallam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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