ionam

Irish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• ionnam

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn̪ˠəmˠ/, /ˈɪnəmˠ/, /ˈæn̪ˠəmˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈʊn̪ˠəmˠ/, /ˈʊn̪ˠt̪ˠəmˠ/, /ˈiːn̪ˠt̪ˠəmˠ/

Pronoun

ionam (emphatic ionamsa)

1. first-person singular of i: in me

Etymology 2

From Portuguese inhame, from Fula nyami (“to eat”).

Noun

ionam m (genitive singular ionaim, nominative plural ionaim)

1. yam (edible root of a Dioscorea plant)

Declension

Declension of ionam

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ionam ionaim Vocative a ionaim a ionama Genitive ionaim ionam Dative ionam ionaim

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-ionam na hionaim Genitive an ionaim na n-ionam Dative leis an ionam don ionam leis na hionaim

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ionam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN