urraim

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɪɾʲəmʲ/ (corresponding to the form uirrim)

Noun

urraim f (genitive singular urraime)

  1. respect, esteem; deferential regard, reverence, veneration
    • 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
      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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

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
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
urraim n-urraim hurraim not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 193.
  • "urraim" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “airraim” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

urraim m

  1. genitive singular of urram
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