fuaim

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠuəmʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fúaimm, from Proto-Celtic *woxsman, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound out”).

Noun

fuaim f (genitive singular fuaime, nominative plural fuaimeanna)

1. sound
2. noise
3. clamour

Declension

Declension of fuaim

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fuaim fuaimeanna Vocative a fhuaim a fhuaimeanna Genitive fuaime fuaimeanna Dative fuaim fuaimeanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhuaim na fuaimeanna Genitive na fuaime na bhfuaimeanna Dative leis an bhfuaim don fhuaim leis na fuaimeanna

Obsolete declension as a third-declension noun:

Declension of fuaim

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fuaim fuamanna Vocative a fhuaim a fhuamanna Genitive fuama fuamanna Dative fuaim fuamanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhuaim na fuamanna Genitive na fuama na bhfuamanna Dative leis an bhfuaim don fhuaim leis na fuamanna

Alternative forms

• tuaim (Ulster)

Derived terms

• fuaimchlár
• fuaimdhíonach
• fuaimeolaíocht
• fuaimiúil
• fuaimneach (“sounding, resounding, resonant”, adjective)
• innealtóir fuaime (“audio engineer, sound engineer”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• fuaghaim (obsolete)

Verb

fuaim

1. first-person singular present indicative/imperative of fuaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuaim	fhuaim	bhfuaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuaim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fúaimm, fúamm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 337
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuaim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fuaim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúaimm, from Proto-Celtic *woxsman, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound out”).

Noun

fuaim f (genitive singular fuaime, plural fuaimean)

1. sound
2. noise

Synonyms

• (noise): faram

Derived terms

• cian-fhuaim (“telephone”)
• co-fhuaim (“harmony”)
• fuaimneach (“noisy”)
• fuaimneachadh (“pronunciation”)
• fuaimnich (“pronounce”)
• fuaimreag (“vowel”)

Mutation

Mutation of fuaim

radical	lenition
fuaim	fhuaim

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fúaimm, fúamm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language