àireamh

See also: aireamh and áireamh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish áirem (compare Manx earroo, Irish áireamh), verbal noun of ad·rími (“counts, numbers, computes; records, recounts, mentions; takes into account; counts as, regards as; considers to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɾʲəv/

Noun

àireamh f (genitive singular àireimh, plural àireamhan)

1. verbal noun of àireamh
2. number, quantity
3. numbering, numeration, account

Derived terms

• àir. (abbreviation)
• àireamh-tomhais (“mensuration, mathematics”)
• àireamhach (“numerical”, adjective)
• àireamhair (“calculator”)
• àm-àireamh (“chronology”)
• comh-àireamh (“numbering together; poll”)
• iol-àireamh (“annumeration”)
• prìomh-àireamh (“prime number”)

 

Verb

àireamh (past dh'àireamh, verbal noun àireamh)

1. number, count, compute
2. reckon, think

Derived terms

• do-àireamh (“difficult to count; numberless, innumerable”, adjective)
• iol-àireamh (“annumerate”, verb)
• so-àireamh (“numerable, computable, easily numbered”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
àireamh	n-àireamh	h-àireamh	t-àireamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “àireamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áirem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language