àireamh
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish áirem (compare Manx earroo, Irish áireamh), verbal noun of ad·rími (“counts, numbers, computes; records, recounts, mentions; takes into account; counts as, regards as; considers to be”).
Noun
àireamh f (genitive singular àireimh, plural àireamhan)
- verbal noun of àireamh
- number, quantity
- numbering, numeration, account
Derived terms
- àir. (abbreviation)
- àireamhach (“numerical”, adjective)
- àireamhair (“calculator”)
- àireamh-tomhais (“mensuration, mathematics”)
- àm-àireamh (“chronology”)
- comh-àireamh (“numbering together; poll”)
- iol-àireamh (“annumeration”)
- prìomh-àireamh (“prime number”)
Derived terms
- do-àireamh (“difficult to count; numberless, innumerable”, adjective)
- iol-àireamh (“annumerate”, verb)
- so-àireamh (“numerable, computable, easily numbered”, adjective)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
àireamh | n-àireamh | h-àireamh | t-àireamh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “áirem”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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