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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish airraim (“deference, respect; indulgence, mercy”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
urraim f (genitive singular urraime)
- 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
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| urraim
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n-urraim
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hurraim
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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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Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
urraim m
- genitive singular of urram