adamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish atam, from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑd̪ˠəvˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæd̪ˠʊ/

Noun

adamh m (genitive singular adaimh, nominative plural adaimh)

1. atom

Declension

Declension of adamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative adamh adaimh Vocative a adaimh a adamha Genitive adaimh adamh Dative adamh adaimh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-adamh na hadaimh Genitive an adaimh na n-adamh Dative leis an adamh don adamh leis na hadaimh

Derived terms

• adamh comhdhéanaimh (“constituent atom”)
• adamhach (“atomic”, adjective)
• adamhacht f (“atomicity”)
• adamhaigh (“atomize”, verb)
• dada, tada (“nothing”)
• gram-adamh (“gram-atom”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “atam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “adamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024