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

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
agallamh n-agallamh hagallamh t-agallamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “acallam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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