acadamh

Irish

Etymology

From Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈakəd̪ˠəvˠ/
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈakəd̪ˠuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈakəd̪ˠu/

Noun

acadamh m (genitive singular acadaimh, nominative plural acadaimh)

academy

Declension

Declension of acadamh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	acadamh	acadaimh
Vocative	a acadaimh	a acadamha
Genitive	acadaimh	acadamh
Dative	acadamh	acadaimh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-acadamh	na hacadaimh
Genitive	an acadaimh	na n-acadamh
Dative	leis an acadamh don acadamh	leis na hacadaimh

Derived terms

acadamhaí m (“academician”)
acadúil (“academic”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “acadamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“academy”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “acadamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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