forainm

Irish

Etymology

From for- (“pre-, fore-”) +‎ ainm (“name”).

Noun

forainm m (genitive singular forainm, nominative plural forainmneacha)

1. cognomen
2. nickname

   Synonym: leasainm

3. (grammar) pronoun

Declension

Declension of forainm (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative forainm forainmneacha vocative a fhorainm a fhorainmneacha genitive forainm forainmneacha dative forainm forainmneacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an forainm na forainmneacha genitive an fhorainm na bhforainmneacha dative leis an bhforainm don fhorainm leis na forainmneacha

Derived terms

• forainm ceisteach (“interrogative pronoun”)
• forainm coibhneasta (“relative pronoun”)
• forainm éiginnte (“indefinite pronoun”)
• forainm pearsanta (“personal pronoun”)
• forainm réamhfhoclach (“prepositional pronoun”)
• forainm sealbhach (“possessive pronoun”)
• forainm taispeántach (“demonstrative pronoun”)
• forainmneach (“pronominal”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of forainm

radical	lenition	eclipsis
forainm	fhorainm	bhforainm

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) “forainm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forainm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “forainm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “forainm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025