gáma

See also: gama, gamma, and gāma

Icelandic

Noun

gáma

1. indefinite accusative plural of gámur
2. indefinite genitive plural of gámur

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).

Noun

gáma m (genitive singular gáma)

1. gamma (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of gáma

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gáma Vocative a gháma Genitive gáma Dative gáma

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an gáma Genitive an gháma Dative leis an ngáma don gháma

Derived terms

• gáma-gha (“gamma ray”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gáma	gháma	ngáma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāmëk.

Noun

gáma

1. shoe

Inflection

Odd, bm-m gradation
Nominative	gáma
Genitive	gábmaga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gáma	gábmaga
Accusative	gábmagav	gábmagijt
Genitive	gábmaga	gábmagij
Illative	gábmagij	gábmagijda
Inessive	gábmagin	gábmagijn
Elative	gábmagis	gábmagijs
Comitative	gábmagijn	gábmagij
Abessive	gábmagadagá gábmagadagi	gábmagijdagá gábmagijdagi
Essive	gáman gábmagin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gábmagim gábmagam gábmagimme gábmagimme 2nd person gábmagit gábmagat gábmagihtte gábmagihtte 3rd person gábmagis gábmagiska gábmagisá

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāmëk.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːma/

Noun

gáma

1. shoe

Inflection

Odd, pm-m gradation
Nominative	gáma
Genitive	gápmaga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gáma	gápmagat
Accusative	gápmaga	gápmagiid
Genitive	gápmaga	gápmagiid
Illative	gápmagii	gápmagiidda
Locative	gápmagis	gápmagiin
Comitative	gápmagiin	gápmagiiguin
Essive	gáman
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person gápmagan gápmageamẹ gápmageamẹt 2nd person gápmagat gápmageattẹ gápmageattẹt 3rd person gápmagis gápmageaskkạ gápmageasẹt

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: kommag
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kommag

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *kāmëk.

Noun

gáma

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Inflection

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Further reading

• gáma in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (“Pite Sami word list”)
• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland