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annamh
annamh
Irish
Adjective
annamh (genitive singular masculine annaimh, genitive singular feminine annaimhe, plural annamha, comparative annaimh)
- rare, infrequent
- (literary) lonely, desolate
Declension
Declension of annamh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | annamh | annamh¹ | annamha³ | |
| Vocative | annaimh¹ | annamh¹ | annamha | |
| Genitive | annaimh¹ | annaimhe | annamha | annamh |
| Dative | annamh² | annamh¹; (archaic) annaimh¹ |
annamha³ | |
| Comparative | annaimhe | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| annamh | n-annamh | hannamh | t-annamh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “annam” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “annaṁ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 25.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 257.
- "annamh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.