ionam

Irish

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ionam (emphatic ionamsa)

  1. first-person singular of i: in me
Alternative forms
  • ionnam

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ionam n-ionam hionam not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. I, p. 194.
  • Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1977, Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht, 2nd edition, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 306.

Further reading
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