flaitheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish flaithem (“ruler, prince”), from flaith.

Noun

flaitheamh m (genitive singular flaithimh, nominative plural flaithimh)

1. Synonym of flaith (“ruler, prince; lord, chief”)

Declension

Declension of flaitheamh

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative flaitheamh flaithimh Vocative a fhlaitheamh a fhlaithimh Genitive flaithimh flaithimh Dative flaitheamh flaithimh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an flaitheamh na flaithimh Genitive an fhlaithimh na bhflaithimh Dative leis an bhflaitheamh don fhlaitheamh leis na flaithimh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
flaitheamh	fhlaitheamh	bhflaitheamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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