pasam

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠasˠəmˠ/

Noun

pasam m (genitive singular pasaim, nominative plural pasaim)

1. possum (Australian marsupial)

Declension

Declension of pasam

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pasam pasaim Vocative a phasaim a phasama Genitive pasaim pasam Dative pasam pasaim

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pasam na pasaim Genitive an phasaim na bpasam Dative leis an bpasam don phasam leis na pasaim

Related terms

• apasam

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pasam	phasam	bpasam
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasam/

Noun

pasam

1. dative plural of pas