àireamh

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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

Noun

àireamh f (genitive singular àireimh, plural àireamhan)

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

Derived terms

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
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áirem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language