iarsma

Irish

Alternative forms

• iarsmair
• iarsmaire
• iarsmar

Etymology

From Old Irish íarsma (“remainder, remnant, anything remaining over; posterity, survivor; the after-effects, the result (always in bad sense)”).

Noun

iarsma m or f (genitive singular iarsma, nominative plural iarsmaí)

1. remainder, remnant
   1. (in the plural) relics, remains
2. survivor, surviving progeny
3. aftereffect
   1. ill-effect, (evil) consequence; mark, trace
4. resultant burden, encumbrance
5. hansel, New Year's gift

Declension

Declension of iarsma

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative iarsma iarsmaí Vocative a iarsma a iarsmaí Genitive iarsma iarsmaí Dative iarsma iarsmaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-iarsma na hiarsmaí Genitive an iarsma na n-iarsmaí Dative leis an iarsma don iarsma leis na hiarsmaí

Feminine declension

Declension of iarsma

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative iarsma iarsmaí Vocative a iarsma a iarsmaí Genitive iarsma iarsmaí Dative iarsma iarsmaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an iarsma na hiarsmaí Genitive na hiarsma na n-iarsmaí Dative leis an iarsma don iarsma leis na hiarsmaí

Derived terms

• ainiarsma f (“evil consequence; ill effect”)
• fo-iarsma m (“side effect”)
• iarsmalann

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iarsma	n-iarsma	hiarsma	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iarsma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “íarsma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language