feirm

Irish

Alternative forms

feilm (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old French ferme, from Medieval Latin ferma, firma (“rent, tax, tribute, farm”), from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firmō, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from *firhu- (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfʲɛɾʲəmʲ]

Noun

feirm f (genitive singular feirme, nominative plural feirmeacha)

farm

Declension

Declension of feirm

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	feirm	feirmeacha
Vocative	a fheirm	a fheirmeacha
Genitive	feirme	feirmeacha
Dative	feirm	feirmeacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fheirm	na feirmeacha
Genitive	na feirme	na bhfeirmeacha
Dative	leis an bhfeirm don fheirm	leis na feirmeacha

Derived terms

buachaill feirme (“farm-hand”)
feirmeoir (“farmer”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feirm	fheirm	bhfeirm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"feirm" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “feirm”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN