acadamh

Irish

Etymology

From Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈakəd̪ˠəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈakəd̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈakəd̪ˠu/

Noun

acadamh m (genitive singular acadaimh, nominative plural acadaimh)

1. academy

Declension

Declension of acadamh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative acadamh acadaimh vocative a acadaimh a acadamha genitive acadaimh acadamh dative acadamh acadaimh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-acadamh na hacadaimh genitive an acadaimh na n-acadamh dative leis an acadamh don acadamh leis na hacadaimh

Derived terms

• acadamhaí m (“academician”)
• acadúil (“academic”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of acadamh

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acadamh	n-acadamh	hacadamh	t-acadamh

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “acadamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “academy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “acadamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm