éadrom

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish étrum. By surface analysis, éa- (“not”, negative prefix) +‎ trom (“heavy”); compare Scottish Gaelic aotrom.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈiːa̯d̪ˠəɾˠəmˠ/[1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠɾˠəmˠ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːd̪ˠɾˠəmˠ/, [ˈɛːd̪ˠɾˠəmˠ][3], [ˈɛəd̪ˠɾˠəmˠ][4]

Adjective

éadrom (genitive singular masculine éadroim, genitive singular feminine éadroime, plural éadroma, comparative éadroime)

  1. light
    Maireann croí éadrom a bhfad.
    A light heart lives long.
  2. easy
  3. weak, mild
  4. flighty

Declension

Declension of éadrom
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative éadrom éadrom éadroma
vocative éadroim éadroma
genitive éadroime éadroma éadrom
dative éadrom éadrom;
éadroim (archaic) 		éadroma
Comparative níos éadroime
Superlative is éadroime

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of éadrom
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éadrom n-éadrom héadrom not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 25, page 15
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 92
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 50
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 155, page 60

Further reading

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