aischéim

Irish

Etymology

From ais- (“re-, back”) +‎ céim (“step”).

Noun

aischéim f (genitive singular aischéime, nominative plural aischéimeanna)

1. backward step

Declension

Declension of aischéim (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aischéim aischéimeanna vocative a aischéim a aischéimeanna genitive aischéime aischéimeanna dative aischéim aischéimeanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aischéim na haischéimeanna genitive na haischéime na n-aischéimeanna dative leis an aischéim don aischéim leis na haischéimeanna

Derived terms

• aischéimnigh (“step back; regress”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aischéim

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aischéim	n-aischéim	haischéim	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) “aischéim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN