oftailme

Irish

Alternative forms

• oftailmia

Etymology

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Noun

oftailme f (genitive singular oftailme)

1. ophthalmia

Declension

Declension of oftailme (fourth declension, no plural)

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

Derived terms

• xéaroftailmia f (“xerophthalmia”)

Related terms

• oftailmeolaíocht f (“ophthalmology”)
• oftailmeolaí m (“ophthalmologist”)
• oftalmach (“ophthalmic”, adjective)
• oftalmacht f (“ophthalmics”)
• oftalmascóp m (“ophthalmoscope”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of oftailme

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oftailme	n-oftailme	hoftailme	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) “oftailme”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “oftailme”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm