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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish étrum. By surface analysis, éa- (“not”, negative prefix) + trom (“heavy”); compare Scottish Gaelic aotrom.
Pronunciation
Adjective
éadrom (genitive singular masculine éadroim, genitive singular feminine éadroime, plural éadroma, comparative éadroime)
- light
Maireann croí éadrom a bhfad.- A light heart lives long.
- easy
- weak, mild
- flighty
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| éadrom
|
n-éadrom
|
héadrom
|
not applicable
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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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References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 15
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 92
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60
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