áireamh

See also: aireamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish á(i)rem (“number, numeral; certain collective quantity, amount, sum”).

Noun

áireamh m (genitive singular as substantive áirimh, genitive as verbal noun áirithe)

  1. verbal noun of áirigh (“count, reckon”)
  2. count, counting, enumeration; calculation; census
  3. arithmetic; number; portion; a number added for good measure

Declension

(as verbal noun):

(as regular noun):

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áireamh n-áireamh háireamh t-áireamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "áireamh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “áirem” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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