ailm

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ailm (“pine; the letter A in Ogham”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lʲəmʲ/

Noun

ailm f (genitive singular ailme, nominative plural ailmí)

1. (literary) pine (tree of the genus Pinus)
2. the letter A in the Ogham alphabet

Declension

Declension of ailm

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ailm ailmí Vocative a ailm a ailmí Genitive ailme ailmí Dative ailm ailmí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ailm na hailmí Genitive na hailme na n-ailmí Dative leis an ailm don ailm leis na hailmí

Synonyms

• (pine): péine

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ailm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ailm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ailm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalam/

Noun

ailm f (genitive singular ailme, plural ailmean)

1. elm
2. (obsolete) the letter A in the Gaelic alphabet

Synonyms

• leamhan

Mutation

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ailm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language