téarma

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English terme, from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”). Doublet of tearmann.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲeːɾˠmˠə/

Noun

téarma m (genitive singular téarma, nominative plural téarmaí)

1. term, period
2. time limit
3. term, condition
4. (music, poetry) quatrain, stanza, verse

Declension

Declension of téarma

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative téarma téarmaí Vocative a théarma a théarmaí Genitive téarma téarmaí Dative téarma téarmaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an téarma na téarmaí Genitive an téarma na dtéarmaí Dative leis an téarma don téarma leis na téarmaí

Synonyms

• (time limit): teorainn ama
• (quatrain, stanza, verse): rann

Derived terms

• aontéarmach
• mórthéarma

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
téarma	théarma	dtéarma
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), “térma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “téarma”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 727