annamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish andam (“lonely; rare”).

Pronunciation

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

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.

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “annam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “annaṁ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 25.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 257.
• "annamh" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.