fuinneamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fuinnem (“momentum, vigour, force”), verbal noun of fo·snī-.

Noun

fuinneamh m (genitive singular fuinnimh)

(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

Terms derived from fuinneamh

bíoga fuinnimh (“pulses of energy”)
fuinneamhachas (“energetics”)
fuinneamh adamhach (“atomic energy”)
fuinneamh cainte (“vigour of speech”)
fuinneamh folaigh (“latent energy”)

fuinneamh gluaiseachta (“motive energy”)
fuinneamh gníomhachtaíochta (“activation energy”)
fuinneamh na hóige (“the fire of youth”)
fuinneamh nasctha (“binding energy”)
fuinneamh poitéinsiúil (“potential energy”)

fuinneamh statach (“static energy”)
fuinneamh stíle (“vigour of style”)
fuinniúil (“energetic; forceful, vigorous”, adjective)
fuinnmhigh (“energize”, transitive verb)
maisfhuinneamh (“mass energy”)

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

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

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