coirm

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cuirm, from Proto-Celtic *kurmi. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cuirm.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /kɞɾʲəmʲ/

Noun

coirm f (genitive singular coirme, nominative plural coirmeacha)

1. feast, banquet
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 162:

     kivnīm gərəb ē šin køŕm̥ n̥ l̄ē rugəv ē.

     [Cuimhním gurb é sin coirm an lae a rugadh é.]

     I remember it was his birthday party.

2. ale, beer

Declension

Declension of coirm (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coirm coirmeacha vocative a choirm a choirmeacha genitive coirme coirmeacha dative coirm coirmeacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an choirm na coirmeacha genitive na coirme na gcoirmeacha dative leis an gcoirm don choirm leis na coirmeacha

Synonyms

• (ale): leann, beoir
• (feast): cóisir, fleá, féasta

Derived terms

• ceolchoirm

Mutation

Mutated forms of coirm

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coirm	choirm	gcoirm

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coirm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm