alúm

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See also: alum and ālum

Irish

Etymology

From Latin alūmen.

Noun

alúm m (genitive singular alúim, nominative plural alúim)

  1. (chemistry) alum

Declension

Declension of alúm (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative alúm alúim
vocative a alúim a alúma
genitive alúim alúm
dative alúm alúim
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-alúm na halúim
genitive an alúim na n-alúm
dative leis an alúm
don alúm
leis na halúim

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of alúm
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alúm n-alúm halúm not applicable

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

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