réimm
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- réim
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *rēdsman, from *rēd- + *-sman.[1]
Noun
réimm n
- verbal noun of réidid
- movement
- way, manner
Inflection
| Neuter n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | réimmN | réimmN | réimmenL |
| Vocative | réimmN | réimmN | réimmenL |
| Accusative | réimmN | réimmN | réimmenL |
| Genitive | réimme | réimmenN | réimmenN |
| Dative | réimmimL | réimmenaib | réimmenaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- imrimm
Descendants
- Middle Irish: réim
- Irish: réim
- Scottish Gaelic: rèim (“power, authority, career”)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| réimm also rréimm after a proclitic | réimm pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*rēd-sman-, *rēssman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 307
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 réim(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language