suim

See also: suím and sùim

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish suim, from Latin summa.

Pronunciation

• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /sˠaimʲ/
• (Cork, Kerry, Galway) IPA^(key): /sˠiːmʲ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /sˠɪmʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠɨ̞mʲ/

Noun

suim f (genitive singular suime, nominative plural suimeanna)

1. interest (attention and concern)

   Synonym: spéis

   Tá suim agam i gcluichí. ― I’m interested in games.

2. (mathematics, banking) sum, calculation, amount
3. (logic) disjunction

Declension

Declension of suim (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative suim suimeanna vocative a shuim a shuimeanna genitive suime suimeanna dative suim suimeanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tsuim na suimeanna genitive na suime na suimeanna dative leis an tsuim don tsuim leis na suimeanna

Derived terms

• suimiúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of suim

radical	lenition	eclipsis
suim	shuim after an, tsuim	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 suim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “suim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 704
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “suim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “suim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “suim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38

Manx

Noun

suim f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. Alternative form of sym

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
suim	huim after "yn", tuim	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• sùim

Etymology

From Middle Irish suim, from Latin summa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪ɯim/
• (Sutherland) IPA^(key): /s̪iːm/

Noun

suim f (genitive singular suime, plural suimeannan)

1. sum, amount, addition
2. attention, concern, interest, care

   Synonym: aire

3. regard, respect

Mutation

Mutation of suim

radical	lenition
suim	shuim after "an", t-suim

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