músaem

Irish

Etymology

From Latin mūsēum (compare English musæum), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon).

Noun

músaem m (genitive singular músaeim, nominative plural músaeim)

1. museum

   Synonym: iarsmalann

Declension

Declension of músaem (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative músaem músaeim vocative a mhúsaeim a mhúsaema genitive músaeim músaem dative músaem músaeim forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an músaem na músaeim genitive an mhúsaeim na músaem dative leis an músaem don mhúsaem leis na músaeim

Mutation

Mutated forms of músaem

radical	lenition	eclipsis
músaem	mhúsaem	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “músaem”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “músaem”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “músaem”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025