éileamh

Irish

Etymology

From éil(igh) +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈeːlʲuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈeːlʲu/, [ˈei̯lʲu]

Noun

éileamh m (genitive singular as substantive éilimh, genitive as verbal noun éilithe, nominative plural éilimh)

verbal noun of éiligh
claim, demand

Declension

As a substantive:

Declension of éileamh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	éileamh	éilimh
Vocative	a éilimh	a éileamha
Genitive	éilimh	éileamh
Dative	éileamh	éilimh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-éileamh	na héilimh
Genitive	an éilimh	na n-éileamh
Dative	leis an éileamh don éileamh	leis na héilimh

As a verbal noun:

Declension of éileamh

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	éileamh
Vocative	a éileamh
Genitive	éilithe
Dative	éileamh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-éileamh
Genitive	an éilithe
Dative	leis an éileamh don éileamh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éileamh	n-éileamh	héileamh	t-éileamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 94
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éileamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61

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