iléam

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ileum from Latin ilia.

Noun

iléam m (genitive singular iléim, nominative plural iléim)

1. (anatomy) ileum

   Synonym: caolán beag

Declension

Declension of iléam

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative iléam iléim Vocative a iléim a iléama Genitive iléim iléam Dative iléam iléim

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-iléam na hiléim Genitive an iléim na n-iléam Dative leis an iléam don iléam leis na hiléim

Mutation

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

References

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