eipidéim

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).

Noun

eipidéim f (genitive singular eipidéime, nominative plural eipidéimí)

  1. (medicine, epidemiology) epidemic

Declension

Declension of eipidéim (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative eipidéim eipidéimí
vocative a eipidéim a eipidéimí
genitive eipidéime eipidéimí
dative eipidéim eipidéimí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an eipidéim na heipidéimí
genitive na heipidéime na n-eipidéimí
dative leis an eipidéim
don eipidéim 		leis na heipidéimí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of eipidéim
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eipidéim n-eipidéim heipidéim not applicable

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

Further reading

  • “epidemic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eipidéim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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