airm
See also: Äirm
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish airm f (“place; where”).
Adverb edit
airm f
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
airm m
- inflection of arm (“weapon; implement, tool; arms; army”):
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
airm | n-airm | hairm | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 43
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “airm” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “airm” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English arm, from Old English earm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
airm (plural airms)
- arm
- 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink, published 2018, page 8:
- ‘You,’ she says, grabbing mah airm and hawdin it behind mah back.
- ‘You,’ she says, grabbing my arm and holding it behind my back.
References edit
- “airm, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Scottish Gaelic edit
Noun edit
airm m
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
airm | n-airm | h-airm | t-airm |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |