áireamh

See also: aireamh, àireamh, and Àireamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish á(i)rem (“number”), also the verbal noun of ad·rími.[1] By surface analysis, áir(igh) +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

Noun

áireamh m (genitive singular as substantive áirimh, genitive as verbal noun áirithe)

  1. verbal noun of áirigh (“count, reckon”)
  2. count, counting, enumeration; calculation; census
  3. arithmetic; number; portion; a number added for good measure

Declension

as verbal noun
Declension of áireamh (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative áireamh
vocative a áireamh
genitive áirithe
dative áireamh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-áireamh
genitive an áirithe
dative leis an áireamh
don áireamh
as regular noun
Declension of áireamh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative áireamh
vocative a áirimh
genitive áirimh
dative áireamh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-áireamh
genitive an áirimh
dative leis an áireamh
don áireamh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of áireamh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áireamh n-áireamh háireamh t-áireamh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áirem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 145, page 58

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