sóidiam

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sodium.

Noun

sóidiam m (genitive singular sóidiam)

1. sodium

Declension

Declension of sóidiam

Fourth declension

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

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an sóidiam Genitive an tsóidiam Dative leis an sóidiam don sóidiam

Derived terms

• carbónáit sóidiam (“sodium carbonate”)
• clóiríd sóidiam (“sodium chloride”)
• décharbónáit sóidiam (“sodium bicarbonate”)
• hiodrocsaíd sóidiam (“sodium hydroxide”)
• níotráit sóidiam (“sodium nitrate”)
• sóidiam loiscneach (“caustic sodium”)
• sulfáit sóidiam (“sodium sulphate”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sóidiam	shóidiam after an, tsóidiam	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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