apasam

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English opossum, from Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa.

Noun

apasam m (genitive singular apasaim, nominative plural apasaim)

1. opossum (American marsupial)

Declension

Declension of apasam

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative apasam apasaim Vocative a apasaim a apasama Genitive apasaim apasam Dative apasam apasaim

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-apasam na hapasaim Genitive an apasaim na n-apasam Dative leis an apasam don apasam leis na hapasaim

Related terms

• pasam

Mutation

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