annamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish andam (“lonely; rare”) (compare Scottish Gaelic ainneamh).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈanəvˠ/, /ˈɑn̪ˠə/
• (Connemara) IPA^(key): /ˈan̪ˠə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈan̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈan̪ˠũ/

Adjective

annamh (genitive singular masculine annaimh, genitive singular feminine annaimhe, plural annamha, comparative annaimhe)

1. rare, infrequent
2. (literary) lonely, desolate

Declension

Declension of annamh

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	annamh	annamh	annamha
vocative	annaimh		annamha
genitive		annamhe	annamha	annamh
dative	annamh	annamh; annaimh (archaic)	annamha
Comparative	níos annamhe
Superlative	is annamhe

Derived terms

• annamhacht (“rareness, infrequency, rarity”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of annamh

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
annamh	n-annamh	hannamh	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) “annamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “annam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “annaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 30
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 25
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 257
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “annamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “annamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 86