àireamh

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See also: aireamh, áireamh, and Àireamh

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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àireamh f (genitive singular àireimh, plural àireamhan)

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

Derived terms

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Verb

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àireamh (past dh'àireamh, verbal noun àireamh)

  1. number, count, compute
  2. reckon, think

Derived terms

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  • do-àireamh (difficult to count; numberless, innumerable, adjective)
  • iol-àireamh (annumerate, verb)
  • so-àireamh (numerable, computable, easily numbered, adjective)

Mutation

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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

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  • 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