uimhir
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish uimir, a rebracketing of nuimir, from Latin numerus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈɪvʲəɾʲ/[1]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɨ̞̃vʲəɾʲ/; /ˈɨ̞mʲəɾʲ/[2] (as if spelled uimir)
Noun edit
uimhir f (genitive singular uimhreach or uimhre, nominative plural uimhreacha)
Declension edit
Declension of uimhir
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative genitive singular: uimhre
Derived terms edit
- buanuimhir (“constant number”)
- bunuimhir (“cardinal number; radix”)
- gairmuimhir (“call number”)
- Leabhar na nUimhreacha (“Book of Numbers”)
- orduimhir (“ordinal number”)
- réaduimhir (“real number”)
- uimhir adamhach (“atomic number”)
- uimhir Arabach (“Arabic numeral”)
- uimhir chóimheasta (“rational number”)
- uimhir chorr (“odd number”)
- uimhir chothrom (“even number”)
- uimhir dhéach (“dual number”)
- uimhir éagóimheasta (“irrational number”)
- uimhir ilchodach (“composite number”)
- uimhir iolra (“plural number”)
- uimhir iompair (“transport number”)
- uimhir phríomha (“prime number”)
- uimhir réadach (“real number”)
- uimhir Rómhánach (“Roman numeral”)
- uimhir snáithe (“count (of yarn)”)
- uimhir thagartha (“reference number”)
- uimhir theibí (“abstract number”)
- uimhir theileafóin (“telephone number”)
- uimhir uatha (“singular number”)
- Uimhreacha (“Numbers”)
- uimhrigh (“number”, verb)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uimhir | n-uimhir | huimhir | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 133, page 69
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 298, page 106
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uimhir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uimhir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “uimhir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024