Sodam

See also: sodam

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin Sodoma, from Ancient Greek Σόδομα (Sódoma), from Biblical Hebrew סְדֹם (səḏōm).

Proper noun

Sodam f

1. (biblical) Sodom (a historical city in the Middle East)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	SodamL	—	—
Vocative	SodamL	—	—
Accusative	SodaimN	—	—
Genitive	SodaimeH	—	—
Dative	SodaimL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

• c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 127^d6

  in tan ro·mmemaid ré nAbracham forsna cóic ríga bertar Loth a Sodaim

  when the five kings who carried Lot from Sodom had been routed by Abraham

  (literally, “…who carry…”)

Mutation

Mutation of Sodam

radical	lenition	nasalization
Sodam	Ṡodam	unchanged

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