éirim

See also: éirím

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish érimm, éraimm (compare éirgid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeːɾʲəmʲ]

Noun

éirim f (genitive singular éirime, nominative plural éirimí)

1. (literary) riding, driving; course, gallop; movement, journey
2. range, scope; (of argument) tenor, thrust, drift
3. inclination, tendency, bent
4. aptitude, talent; brains, wit, intelligence

Declension

Declension of éirim (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative éirim éirimí vocative a éirim a éirimí genitive éirime éirimí dative éirim éirimí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an éirim na héirimí genitive na héirime na n-éirimí dative leis an éirim don éirim leis na héirimí

Derived terms

• ardéirim (“genius”)
• éirimiúil (“lively, spirited; sprightly; talented, gifted; intelligent”, adjective)

Related terms

• éirimiúlacht f (“liveliness, sprightliness; aptitude, intelligence”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of éirim

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éirim	n-éirim	héirim	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éirim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “érimm, éraimm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language