áireamh

See also: aireamh, àireamh, and Àireamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish á(i)rem (“number, numeral; certain collective quantity, amount, sum”). By surface analysis, áir(igh) +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾʲəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaːɾʲu/

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

Declension of áireamh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative áireamh Vocative a áireamh Genitive áirithe Dative áireamh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an t-áireamh Genitive an áirithe Dative leis an áireamh don áireamh

as regular noun

Declension of áireamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative áireamh Vocative a áirimh Genitive áirimh Dative áireamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-áireamh Genitive an áirimh Dative leis an áireamh don áireamh

Derived terms

• comhaireamh m (“count, (act of) counting; calculation, reckoning”)
• mí-áireamh m (“miscount, miscalculation”)
• móráireamh m (“census”)

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áireamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áirem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “áireamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “áireamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58