árem

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See also: arem, Arem, ārēm, and -arem

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

árem f (genitive áirme, nominative plural áirme)

  1. verbal noun of ad·rími
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 102d17
      tri togair inn anmae Dǽ ⁊ árim a degmaine
      through calling on the name of God and enumerating his benefits
  2. number, numeral
  3. certain collective quantity, amount, sum
  4. reckoning, computation (of time)
  5. grammatical number
  6. act of enumerating, recounting
  7. estimation, repute, account
  8. act of reckoning with
  9. regarding, reckoning as

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative áremL, áirem, áram árimL, áirim áirmeH
Vocative áremL, áirem, áram árimL, áirim áirmeH
Accusative árimN, áirim árimL, áirim áirmeH
Genitive áirmeH áremL áremN
Dative árimL, áirim áirmib áirmib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Irish: áireamh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
árem
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-árem
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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