aláram

See also: alaram

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare English alarum.

Noun

aláram m (genitive singular aláraim, nominative plural aláraim)

1. alarm

   Synonym: creill

Declension

Declension of aláram

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aláram aláraim Vocative a aláraim a alárama Genitive aláraim aláram Dative aláram aláraim

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aláram na haláraim Genitive an aláraim na n-aláram Dative leis an aláram don aláram leis na haláraim

Derived terms

• aláram dóiteáin (“fire-alarm”)
• clog aláraim (“alarm-clock”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aláram”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aláram”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aláram”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024