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

Mutated forms of aláram

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aláram	n-aláram	haláram	t-aláram

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) “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, 2013-2025