agallamh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish acallam, from Old Irish acaldam (“act of addressing, conversation”), verbal noun of ad·gládathar (“addresses, speaks to, converses with”). By surface analysis, agaill +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): [ˈaɡəlˠəvˠ]
(Mayo) IPA^(key): [ˈaɡəlˠuː]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈaɡəlˠu]

Noun

agallamh m (genitive singular agallaimh, nominative plural agallaimh)

verbal noun of agaill
argument
interview

Declension

Declension of agallamh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agallamh	agallaimh
Vocative	a agallaimh	a agallamha
Genitive	agallaimh	agallamh
Dative	agallamh	agallaimh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-agallamh	na hagallaimh
Genitive	an agallaimh	na n-agallamh
Dative	leis an agallamh don agallamh	leis na hagallaimh

Derived terms

imagallamh (“mutual discourse, conversation”)

Mutation

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

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “agallamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “acallam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

agalladh

Etymology

From Middle Irish acallam, from Old Irish acaldam (“act of addressing, conversation”), verbal noun of ad·gládathar (“addresses, speaks to, converses with”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈakəl̪ˠəv/

Noun

agallamh m (genitive singular agallaimh, plural agallamhan)

Synonyms

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “agallamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “acallam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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