tuairim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish túaraim, túairim (“likelihood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠuəɾʲəmʲ/

Noun

tuairim f (genitive singular tuairime, nominative plural tuairimí or tuairimeacha)

1. opinion

   Synonym: barúil

Declension

Declension of tuairim

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tuairim tuairimí Vocative a thuairim a thuairimí Genitive tuairime tuairimí Dative tuairim tuairimí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tuairim na tuairimí Genitive na tuairime na dtuairimí Dative leis an tuairim don tuairim leis na tuairimí

• Alternative plural form: tuairimeacha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• faoi thuairim (“to, towards; for, for the purpose of”)

Preposition

tuairim (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

1. about, approximately

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuairim	thuairim	dtuairim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “tuairim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “túaraim, túairim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tuairim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 761
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuairim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN