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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish rím (“counting, enumerating; number; telling, relating”), from Proto-Celtic *rīmā (“number”) (compare Welsh rhif).
Noun
ríomh m (genitive singular as substantive ríomha, genitive as verbal noun ríofa, nominative plural ríomhanna)
- verbal noun of ríomh
- enumeration; calculation, computation
- Synonyms: áireamh, comhaireamh
- narration
Declension
- As verbal noun
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish rímid (“count; impute”), from rím, from Proto-Celtic *rīmā.
Verb
ríomh (present analytic ríomhann, future analytic ríomhfaidh, verbal noun ríomh, past participle ríofa)
- (transitive) count, enumerate
- (transitive, mathematics) find, reckon, calculate
- Synonym: áirigh
- (transitive, computing) compute
- (transitive) recount, narrate
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ríomh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ríomh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ríomh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024