apasam

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa.

Noun

apasam m (genitive singular apasaim, nominative plural apasaim)

1. opossum (American marsupial)

Declension

Declension of apasam (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative apasam apasaim vocative a apasaim a apasama genitive apasaim apasam dative apasam apasaim forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-apasam na hapasaim genitive an apasaim na n-apasam dative leis an apasam don apasam leis na hapasaim

Related terms

• pasam

Mutation

Mutated forms of apasam

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
apasam	n-apasam	hapasam	not applicable

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