deirm

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin dermis, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”).

Noun

deirm f (genitive singular deirme)

  1. (anatomy) derm, dermis

Declension

Declension of deirm (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative deirm
vocative a dheirm
genitive deirme
dative deirm
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an deirm
genitive na deirme
dative leis an deirm
don deirm

Derived terms

  • deirmeach (“dermal”, adjective)
  • deirmeolaí m (“dermatologist”)
  • deirmeolaíocht f (“dermatology”)
  • fodheirmeach (“hypodermic”, adjective)
  • hipideirm f (“hypodermis”)
  • méisideirm f (“mesoderm”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deirm
radical lenition eclipsis
deirm dheirm ndeirm

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

References

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