iléam

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ileum from Latin ilia.

Noun

iléam m (genitive singular iléim, nominative plural iléim)

1. (anatomy) ileum

   Synonym: caolán beag

Declension

Declension of iléam (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative iléam iléim vocative a iléim a iléama genitive iléim iléam dative iléam iléim forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-iléam na hiléim genitive an iléim na n-iléam dative leis an iléam don iléam leis na hiléim

Mutation

Mutated forms of iléam

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iléam	n-iléam	hiléam	t-iléam

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) “iléam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ileum”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025