àireamh

See also: aireamh, áireamh, and Àireamh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish áirem (compare Manx earroo, Irish áireamh), verbal noun of ad·rími (“counts, numbers, computes; records, recounts, mentions; takes into account; counts as, regards as; considers to be”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaːɾʲəv/

Noun

àireamh f (genitive singular àireimh, plural àireamhan)

Derived terms

àir. (abbreviation)
Àireamh (“the Biblical Book of Numbers”)
àireamh-tomhais (“mensuration, mathematics”)
àireamhach (“numerical”, adjective)
àireamhair (“calculator”)
àm-àireamh (“chronology”)
comh-àireamh (“numbering together; poll”)
iol-àireamh (“annumeration”)
prìomh-àireamh (“prime number”)

Verb

àireamh (past dh'àireamh, verbal noun àireamh)

number, count, compute
reckon, think

Derived terms

do-àireamh (“difficult to count; numberless, innumerable”, adjective)
iol-àireamh (“annumerate”, verb)
so-àireamh (“numerable, computable, easily numbered”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutation of *àireamh*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
àireamh	n-àireamh	h-àireamh	t-àireamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “àireamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áirem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language