acadamhaí

Irish

Etymology

From acadamh (“academy”) +‎ -aí (suffix used to form agent nouns).

Noun

acadamhaí m (genitive singular acadamhaí, nominative plural acadamhaithe)

1. academician

Declension

Declension of acadamhaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative acadamhaí acadamhaithe vocative a acadamhaí a acadamhaithe genitive acadamhaí acadamhaithe dative acadamhaí acadamhaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-acadamhaí na hacadamhaithe genitive an acadamhaí na n-acadamhaithe dative leis an acadamhaí don acadamhaí leis na hacadamhaithe

Synonyms

• ball d'acadamh (literally “member of an academy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of acadamhaí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acadamhaí	n-acadamhaí	hacadamhaí	t-acadamhaí

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) “acadamhaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “academician”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “acadamhaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm