acadamh

Irish

Etymology

From Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈakəd̪ˠəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈakəd̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈakəd̪ˠu/

Noun

acadamh m (genitive singular acadaimh, nominative plural acadaimh)

1. academy

Declension

Declension of acadamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative acadamh acadaimh Vocative a acadaimh a acadamha Genitive acadaimh acadamh Dative acadamh acadaimh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-acadamh na hacadaimh Genitive an acadaimh na n-acadamh Dative leis an acadamh don acadamh leis na hacadaimh

Derived terms

• acadamhaí m (“academician”)
• acadúil (“academic”, adjective)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “acadamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “academy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “acadamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm