fuinneamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fuinnem (“momentum, vigour, force”), from fo- + sním.

Pronunciation

• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪɲəvˠ/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪn̠ʲəvˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪn̠ʲə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪn̠ʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪn̠ʲu/

Noun

fuinneamh m (genitive singular fuinnimh)

1. (physics, etc.) energy; force, vigour; pep, spirit
   1. twist, twirl

Declension

Declension of fuinneamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fuinneamh Vocative a fhuinnimh Genitive fuinnimh Dative fuinneamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fuinneamh Genitive an fhuinnimh Dative leis an bhfuinneamh don fhuinneamh

Derived terms

• bíoga fuinnimh
• fuinneamh adamhach
• fuinneamh folaigh
• fuinneamh gluaiseachta
• fuinneamh gníomhachtaíochta
• fuinneamh nasctha
• fuinneamh poitéinsiúil
• fuinneamh statach
• fuinneamhachas
• fuinniúil
• fuinnmhigh
• maisfhuinneamh

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuinneamh	fhuinneamh	bhfuinneamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuinneamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuinnem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language