sóidiam

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sodium.

Noun

sóidiam m (genitive singular sóidiam)

1. sodium

Declension

Declension of sóidiam (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sóidiam vocative a shóidiam genitive sóidiam dative sóidiam forms with the definite article case singular nominative an sóidiam genitive an tsóidiam dative leis an sóidiam don sóidiam

Derived terms

• carbónáit sóidiam (“sodium carbonate”)
• clóiríd sóidiam (“sodium chloride”)
• décharbónáit sóidiam (“sodium bicarbonate”)
• hiodrocsaíd sóidiam (“sodium hydroxide”)
• níotráit sóidiam (“sodium nitrate”)
• sóidiam loiscneach (“caustic sodium”)
• sulfáit sóidiam (“sodium sulphate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sóidiam

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sóidiam	shóidiam after an, tsóidiam	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) “sóidiam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “sodium”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025