raiméis
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Anglo-Norman romance.
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɾˠɑːˈmʲeːʃ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠɑːmʲeːʃ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɾˠæːmʲeʃ/; /ˈɾˠaːmˠasˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form rámás)
Noun
editraiméis f (genitive singular raiméise, nominative plural raiméisí)
- nonsensical talk; rubbish; poppycock; rigmarole
- a pipe dream
- a romance; a rhapsody; gasconade; a low composition
Declension
editDeclension of ráiméis
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Descendants
edit- English: rameish
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8
Further reading
edit- “raiméis”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ráiméis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 558
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “raiméis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN