fuaim

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fúaimm, from Proto-Celtic *woxsman, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠuəmʲ/

Noun

fuaim f (genitive singular fuaime, nominative plural fuaimeanna)

1. sound
2. noise
3. clamour

Declension

Declension of fuaim

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fuaim fuaimeanna Vocative a fhuaim a fhuaimeanna Genitive fuaime fuaimeanna Dative fuaim fuaimeanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhuaim na fuaimeanna Genitive na fuaime na bhfuaimeanna Dative leis an bhfuaim don fhuaim leis na fuaimeanna

Obsolete declension as a third-declension noun:

Declension of fuaim

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fuaim fuamanna Vocative a fhuaim a fhuamanna Genitive fuama fuamanna Dative fuaim fuamanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhuaim na fuamanna Genitive na fuama na bhfuamanna Dative leis an bhfuaim don fhuaim leis na fuamanna

Alternative forms

• tuaim (Ulster)

Derived terms

• fuaimchlár
• fuaimdhíonach
• fuaimeolaíocht
• fuaimiúil
• fuaimneach (“sounding, resounding, resonant”, adjective)
• fuaimnigh (“to make a sound, to pronounce”, verb)
• fuaimthonn (“sound wave”)
• innealtóir fuaime (“audio engineer, sound engineer”)

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuaim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 337
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuaim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fuaim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• fuaghaim (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠuəmʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuəjəmˠ/, /ˈfˠiːjəmˠ/

Verb

fuaim

1. first-person singular present indicative/imperative of fuaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuaim	fhuaim	bhfuaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúaimm, from Proto-Celtic *woxsman, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuəim/

Noun

fuaim m or f (genitive singular fuaime, plural fuaimean)

1. sound
2. noise

Usage notes

• The nominative can be either masculine or feminine, the genitive is usually feminine.

Synonyms

• (noise): faram

Derived terms

• cian-fhuaim (“telephone”)
• co-fhuaim (“harmony”)
• fuaimneach (“noisy”)
• fuaimneachadh (“pronunciation”)
• fuaimnich (“pronounce”)
• fuaimreag (“vowel”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fuaim	fhuaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fúaimm, fúamm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language