iarsma

Irish

Alternative forms

• iarsmair
• iarsmaire
• iarsmar

Etymology

From Old Irish íarsma (“remainder, remnant, anything remaining over; posterity, survivor; the after-effects, the result (always in bad sense)”).

Noun

iarsma m or f (genitive singular iarsma, nominative plural iarsmaí)

1. remainder, remnant
   1. (in the plural) relics, remains
2. survivor, surviving progeny
3. aftereffect
   1. ill-effect, (evil) consequence; mark, trace
4. resultant burden, encumbrance
5. hansel, New Year's gift

Declension

Declension of iarsma (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iarsma iarsmaí vocative a iarsma a iarsmaí genitive iarsma iarsmaí dative iarsma iarsmaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-iarsma na hiarsmaí genitive an iarsma na n-iarsmaí dative leis an iarsma don iarsma leis na hiarsmaí

Feminine declension

Declension of iarsma (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iarsma iarsmaí vocative a iarsma a iarsmaí genitive iarsma iarsmaí dative iarsma iarsmaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an iarsma na hiarsmaí genitive na hiarsma na n-iarsmaí dative leis an iarsma don iarsma leis na hiarsmaí

Derived terms

• ainiarsma f (“evil consequence; ill effect”)
• fo-iarsma m (“side effect”)
• iarsmalann

Mutation

Mutated forms of iarsma

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iarsma	n-iarsma	hiarsma	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) “iarsma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íarsma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language