amóinia

Irish

Alternative forms

• amóin

Etymology

Borrowed from English ammonia, from Latin sal ammoniacus (“salt of Amun, ammonium chloride”), named so because it was found near the temple of (Jupiter) Ammon in Egypt.

Noun

amóinia f (genitive singular amóinia)

1. (inorganic chemistry) ammonia

Declension

Declension of amóinia (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative amóinia vocative a amóinia genitive amóinia dative amóinia forms with the definite article case singular nominative an amóinia genitive na hamóinia dative leis an amóinia don amóinia

Mutation

Mutated forms of amóinia

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
amóinia	n-amóinia	hamóinia	not applicable

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