feidhm

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish feidm (“effort”), from Proto-Celtic *wedesman, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Compare Scottish Gaelic feum.

Pronunciation

Noun

feidhm f (genitive singular feidhme, nominative plural feidhmeanna)

  1. use, application
  2. service
  3. function
  4. business, affair
  5. effect, effectiveness
  6. need, necessity
    Níl feidhm é sin a dhéanamh.
    There’s no need to do that.

Declension

Declension of feidhm

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative feidhm feidhmeanna
Vocative a fheidhm a fheidhmeanna
Genitive feidhme feidhmeanna
Dative feidhm feidhmeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fheidhm na feidhmeanna
Genitive na feidhme na bhfeidhmeanna
Dative leis an bhfeidhm

don fheidhm

leis na feidhmeanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feidhm fheidhm bhfeidhm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35

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