éileamh

Irish

Etymology

From éil(igh) +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈeːlʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːlʲu/, [ˈei̯lʲu]

Noun

éileamh m (genitive singular as substantive éilimh, genitive as verbal noun éilithe, nominative plural éilimh)

1. verbal noun of éiligh
2. claim, demand

Declension

As a substantive:

Declension of éileamh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative éileamh éilimh vocative a éilimh a éileamha genitive éilimh éileamh dative éileamh éilimh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-éileamh na héilimh genitive an éilimh na n-éileamh dative leis an éileamh don éileamh leis na héilimh

As a verbal noun:

Declension of éileamh (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative éileamh vocative a éileamh genitive éilithe dative éileamh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-éileamh genitive an éilithe dative leis an éileamh don éileamh

Mutation

Mutated forms of éileamh

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éileamh	n-éileamh	héileamh	t-éileamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 94
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éileamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61