acadamhaí

Irish

Etymology

From acadamh (“academy”) +‎ -aí (agent suffix).

Noun

acadamhaí m (genitive singular acadamhaí, nominative plural acadamhaithe)

1. academician

Declension

Declension of acadamhaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative acadamhaí acadamhaithe Vocative a acadamhaí a acadamhaithe Genitive acadamhaí acadamhaithe Dative acadamhaí acadamhaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-acadamhaí na hacadamhaithe Genitive an acadamhaí na n-acadamhaithe Dative leis an acadamhaí don acadamhaí leis na hacadamhaithe

Synonyms

• ball d'acadamh (literally “member of an academy”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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