forainm

Irish

Etymology

From for- (“pre-, fore-”) +‎ ainm (“name”).

Noun

forainm m (genitive singular forainm, nominative plural forainmneacha)

1. 1. cognomen
   2. nickname

      Synonym: leasainm

2. (grammar) pronoun

Declension

Declension of forainm

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative forainm forainmneacha Vocative a fhorainm a fhorainmneacha Genitive forainm forainmneacha Dative forainm forainmneacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an forainm na forainmneacha Genitive an fhorainm na bhforainmneacha Dative leis an bhforainm don fhorainm leis na forainmneacha

Derived terms

• forainm ceisteach (“interrogative pronoun”)
• forainm coibhneasta (“relative pronoun”)
• forainm éiginnte (“indefinite pronoun”)
• forainm pearsanta (“personal pronoun”)
• forainm réamhfhoclach (“prepositional pronoun”)
• forainm sealbhach (“possessive pronoun”)
• forainm taispeántach (“demonstrative pronoun”)
• forainmneach (“pronominal”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
forainm	fhorainm	bhforainm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “forainm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forainm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “forainm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “forainm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024