alúm

See also: alum and ālum

Irish

Etymology

From Latin alūmen.

Noun

alúm m (genitive singular alúim, nominative plural alúim)

1. (chemistry) alum

Declension

Declension of alúm

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative alúm alúim Vocative a alúim a alúma Genitive alúim alúm Dative alúm alúim

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-alúm na halúim Genitive an alúim na n-alúm Dative leis an alúm don alúm leis na halúim

Synonyms

• ailím

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alúm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN