Róimh
See also: roimh
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish Róm, Róim, from Latin Rōma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɾˠõːvʲ/
Proper noun
An Róimh f (genitive na Róimhe)
- Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire)
- Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)
- (historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire)
Declension
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Derived terms
- An tSean-Róimh (“Ancient Rome”)
- Eaglais na Róimhe (“the Church of Rome”)
- Impireacht na Róimhe (“the Roman Empire”)
- Impireacht Naofa na Róimhe (“the Holy Roman Empire”)
- iolar na Róimhe (“Roman eagle”)
Related terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Róimh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Rome”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Róm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Róimh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Róimh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025