aidhm

aidhm

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English aim, from Old French esmer (“to estimate”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aidhm f (genitive singular aidhme, nominative plural aidhmeanna)

  1. aim, purpose

Declension

Declension of aidhm (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aidhm aidhmeanna
vocative a aidhm a aidhmeanna
genitive aidhme aidhmeanna
dative aidhm aidhmeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an aidhm na haidhmeanna
genitive na haidhme na n-aidhmeanna
dative leis an aidhm
don aidhm 		leis na haidhmeanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aidhm
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aidhm n-aidhm haidhm 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

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aidhm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “aidhm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “aidhm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
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