agallamh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish acallam, from Old Irish acaldam (“act of addressing, conversation”), verbal noun of ad·gládathar (“addresses, speaks to, converses with”). By surface analysis, agaill +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): [ˈaɡəlˠəvˠ]
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): [ˈaɡəlˠuː]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈaɡəlˠu]

Noun

agallamh m (genitive singular agallaimh, nominative plural agallaimh)

1. verbal noun of agaill
2. argument
3. interview

Declension

Declension of agallamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative agallamh agallaimh Vocative a agallaimh a agallamha Genitive agallaimh agallamh Dative agallamh agallaimh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-agallamh na hagallaimh Genitive an agallaimh na n-agallamh Dative leis an agallamh don agallamh leis na hagallaimh

Derived terms

• imagallamh (“mutual discourse, conversation”)

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agallamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “acallam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• agalladh

Etymology

From Middle Irish acallam, from Old Irish acaldam (“act of addressing, conversation”), verbal noun of ad·gládathar (“addresses, speaks to, converses with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈakəl̪ˠəv/

Noun

agallamh m (genitive singular agallaimh, plural agallamhan)

1. conferring, arguing, speaking, speech
2. conversation
3. (mass media) interview

Synonyms

• còmhradh
• seanchas

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “agallamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “acallam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language