iléam

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ileum from Latin ilia.

Noun

iléam m (genitive singular iléim, nominative plural iléim)

  1. (anatomy) ileum
    Synonym: caolán beag

Declension
Declension of iléam

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iléam iléim
Vocative a iléim a iléama
Genitive iléim iléam
Dative iléam iléim

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-iléam na hiléim
Genitive an iléim na n-iléam
Dative leis an iléam

don iléam

 leis na hiléim

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

References
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iléam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “ileum”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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