coirm
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cuirm. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cuirm.
Pronunciation
- (Aran) IPA(key): /kɞɾʲəmʲ/
Noun
coirm f (genitive singular coirme, nominative plural coirmeacha)
- feast, banquet
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 162:
- kivnīm gərəb ē šin køŕm̥ n̥ l̄ē rugəv ē.
- conventional orthography: Cuimhním gurb é sin coirm an lae a rugadh é.
- I remember it was his birthday party.
- conventional orthography: Cuimhním gurb é sin coirm an lae a rugadh é.
- kivnīm gərəb ē šin køŕm̥ n̥ l̄ē rugəv ē.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 162:
- ale, beer
Declension
Declension of coirm
Second declension
Bare forms
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Synonyms
- (ale): leann, beoir
- (feast): cóisir, fleá, féasta
Derived terms
- ceolchoirm
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
coirm | choirm | gcoirm |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |