tuairim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish túaraim, túairim (“likelihood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠuəɾʲəmʲ/

Noun

tuairim f (genitive singular tuairime, nominative plural tuairimí or tuairimeacha)

1. opinion

   Synonym: barúil

Declension

Declension of tuairim (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tuairim tuairimí vocative a thuairim a thuairimí genitive tuairime tuairimí dative tuairim tuairimí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tuairim na tuairimí genitive na tuairime na dtuairimí dative leis an tuairim don tuairim leis na tuairimí

• Alternative plural form: tuairimeacha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• buille faoi thuairim
• faoi thuairim

Preposition

tuairim (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

1. about, approximately

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuairim

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuairim	thuairim	dtuairim

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

Further reading

• “tuairim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tuairim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 761
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuairim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN