éadrom

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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)

  1. light
    Maireann croí éadrom a bhfad.
    A light heart lives long.
  2. easy
  3. weak, mild
  4. flighty

Declension

Declension of éadrom
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative éadrom éadrom éadroma
vocative éadroim éadroma
genitive éadroime éadroma éadrom
dative éadrom éadrom;
éadroim (archaic) 		éadroma
Comparative níos éadroime
Superlative is éadroime

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of éadrom
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éadrom n-éadrom héadrom not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 25, page 15
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 92
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 50
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 155, page 60

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