coirm
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish cuirm, from Proto-Celtic *kurmi. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cuirm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coirm f (genitive singular coirme, nominative plural coirmeacha)
- feast, banquet
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 162:
- kivnīm gərəb ē šin køŕm̥ n̥ l̄ē rugəv ē.
- [Cuimhním gurb é sin coirm an lae a rugadh é.]
- I remember it was his birthday party.
- ale, beer
Declension edit
Declension of coirm
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
coirm | choirm | gcoirm |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “coirm” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.