adamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish atam, from Latin atomus, from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑd̪ˠəvˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæd̪ˠʊ/

Noun

adamh m (genitive singular adaimh, nominative plural adaimh)

atom

Declension

Declension of adamh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adamh	adaimh
Vocative	a adaimh	a adamha
Genitive	adaimh	adamh
Dative	adamh	adaimh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-adamh	na hadaimh
Genitive	an adaimh	na n-adamh
Dative	leis an adamh don adamh	leis na hadaimh

Derived terms

adamh comhdhéanaimh (“constituent atom”)
adamhach (“atomic”, adjective)
adamhacht f (“atomicity”)
adamhaigh (“atomize”, verb)
dada, tada (“nothing”)
gram-adamh (“gram-atom”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “atam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “adamh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “adamh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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