annamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish andam (“lonely; rare”) (compare Scottish Gaelic ainneamh).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈanəvˠ/, /ˈɑn̪ˠə/
• (Connemara) IPA^(key): /ˈan̪ˠə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈan̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈan̪ˠũ/

Adjective

annamh (genitive singular masculine annaimh, genitive singular feminine annaimhe, plural annamha, comparative annaimhe)

1. rare, infrequent
2. (literary) lonely, desolate

Declension

Declension of annamh

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	annamh	annamh	annamha
Vocative	annaimh		annamha
Genitive		annamhe	annamha	annamh
Dative	annamh	annamh; annaimh (archaic)	annamha
Comparative	níos annamhe
Superlative	is annamhe

Derived terms

• annamhacht (“rareness, infrequency, rarity”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “annamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “annam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “annaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 30
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 25
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 257
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “annamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “annamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 86