acaldam

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• acaldaim, acallaim, acallam, accaldam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡal͈daṽ/

Etymology 1

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Noun

acaldam f

1. verbal noun of ad·gládathar
2. Act of addressing, conversation, colloquy

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	acaldamL, acaldaim, acallaim	—	—
Vocative	acaldamL, acaldaim, acallaim	—	—
Accusative	acaldaimN, acallaim	—	—
Genitive	acallmaH	—	—
Dative	acaldaimL, acallaim	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: agallamh
• Manx: taggloo
• Scottish Gaelic: agallamh

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

·acaldam

1. first-person plural present subjunctive prototonic of ad·gládathar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
acaldam (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-acaldam
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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