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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish á(i)rem (“number, numeral; certain collective quantity, amount, sum”). By surface analysis, áir(igh) + -amh.
Pronunciation
Noun
áireamh m (genitive singular as substantive áirimh, genitive as verbal noun áirithe)
- verbal noun of áirigh (“count, reckon”)
- count, counting, enumeration; calculation; census
- arithmetic; number; portion; a number added for good measure
Declension
- as verbal noun
- as regular noun
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| áireamh
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n-áireamh
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háireamh
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t-áireamh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áireamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áirem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “áireamh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “áireamh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58