urraim

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish airraim (“deference, respect; indulgence, mercy”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

urraim f (genitive singular urraime)

  1. respect, esteem; deferential regard, reverence, veneration
    Synonyms: ardmheas, gradam, ómós
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:
      Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.
      Her parents had no children but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people for this young girl.

Declension

Declension of urraim (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative urraim
vocative a urraim
genitive urraime
dative urraim
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an urraim
genitive na hurraime
dative leis an urraim
don urraim

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of urraim
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
urraim n-urraim hurraim 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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airraim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

urraim m

  1. genitive singular of urram
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