áireamh

See also: aireamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish á(i)rem (“number, numeral; certain collective quantity, amount, sum”).

Noun

áireamh m (genitive singular as substantive áirimh, genitive as verbal noun áirithe)

verbal noun of áirigh (“count, reckon”)
count, counting, enumeration; calculation; census
arithmetic; number; portion; a number added for good measure

Declension

as verbal noun

Declension of áireamh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	áireamh
Vocative	a áireamh
Genitive	áirithe
Dative	áireamh

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-áireamh
Genitive	an áirithe
Dative	leis an áireamh don áireamh

as regular noun

Declension of áireamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	áireamh
Vocative	a áirimh
Genitive	áirimh
Dative	áireamh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-áireamh
Genitive	an áirimh
Dative	leis an áireamh don áireamh

Derived terms

comhaireamh m (“count, (act of) counting; calculation, reckoning”)
mí-áireamh m (“miscount, miscalculation”)
móráireamh m (“census”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
áireamh	n-áireamh	háireamh	t-áireamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"áireamh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“áirem” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Entries containing “áireamh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “áireamh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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