airm

See also: Äirm

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish airm f (“place; where”).

Adverb

airm f

1. the place where, wherever (followed by a + indirect relative)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪɾʲəmʲ/

Noun

airm m

1. inflection of arm (“weapon; implement, tool; arms; army”):
   1. genitive/vocative singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of airm

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airm	n-airm	hairm	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “airm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “airm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scots

Picture dictionary

airm

1= heid 2= face 3= neck 4= shouder 5= kist 6= nael 7= paich 8= lisk 9= pintle 10–14= leg 11= knee 13= anklet 14= fit 15–19= airm 16= elbuck 18= wrist 19= hand

Etymology

From Middle English arm, from Old English earm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /erm/, /ɛrm/

Noun

airm (plural airms)

1. arm
   • 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink, published 2018, page 8:

     ‘You,’ she says, grabbing mah airm and hawdin it behind mah back.

     ‘You,’ she says, grabbing my arm and holding it behind my back.

References

• “airm, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

airm m

1. inflection of arm (“army; arm, weapon”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutation of airm

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airm	n-airm	h-airm	t-airm

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