flaitheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish flaithem (“ruler, prince”), from flaith.

Noun

flaitheamh m (genitive singular flaithimh, nominative plural flaithimh)

1. Synonym of flaith (“ruler, prince; lord, chief”)

Declension

Declension of flaitheamh (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative flaitheamh flaithimh vocative a fhlaitheamh a fhlaithimh genitive flaithimh flaithimh dative flaitheamh flaithimh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an flaitheamh na flaithimh genitive an fhlaithimh na bhflaithimh dative leis an bhflaitheamh don fhlaitheamh leis na flaithimh

Mutation

Mutated forms of flaitheamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
flaitheamh	fhlaitheamh	bhflaitheamh

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flaith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “flaithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language