alúm

See also: alum and ālum

Irish

Etymology

From Latin alūmen.

Noun

alúm m (genitive singular alúim, nominative plural alúim)

1. (chemistry) alum

Declension

Declension of alúm (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative alúm alúim vocative a alúim a alúma genitive alúim alúm dative alúm alúim forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-alúm na halúim genitive an alúim na n-alúm dative leis an alúm don alúm leis na halúim

Synonyms

• ailím

Mutation

Mutated forms of alúm

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alúm	n-alúm	halúm	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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