alasam

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin alyssum, from Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον (álusson).

Noun

alasam m (genitive singular alasaim)

1. alyssum

Declension

Declension of alasam (first declension, no plural)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of alasam

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alasam	n-alasam	halasam	t-alasam

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) “alasam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alasam”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm