éirim

See also: éirím

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish érimm, éraimm (compare éirgid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeːɾʲəmʲ]

Noun

éirim f (genitive singular éirime, nominative plural éirimí)

1. (literary) riding, driving; course, gallop; movement, journey
2. range, scope; (of argument) tenor, thrust, drift
3. inclination, tendency, bent
4. aptitude, talent; brains, wit, intelligence

Declension

Declension of éirim

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative éirim éirimí Vocative a éirim a éirimí Genitive éirime éirimí Dative éirim éirimí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an éirim na héirimí Genitive na héirime na n-éirimí Dative leis an éirim don éirim leis na héirimí

Derived terms

• ardéirim (“genius”)
• éirimiúil (“lively, spirited; sprightly; talented, gifted; intelligent”, adjective)

Related terms

• éirimiúlacht f (“liveliness, sprightliness; aptitude, intelligence”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éirim	n-éirim	héirim	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éirim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “érimm, éraimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language