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Irish
Etymology
From iaigh + -amh
Noun
iamh m (genitive singular as substantive iaimh, genitive as verbal noun iata)
- verbal noun of iaigh
- closure, enclosure
- (mathematics) closure (of set)
- Synonym: iamh an tacair
- confinement, stop
Declension
- Substantive
- Verbal noun
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| iamh
|
n-iamh
|
hiamh
|
not applicable
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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) “iamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “iamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “iamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024