feirm

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French ferme, from Medieval Latin ferma, firma (“rent, tax, tribute, farm”), from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firmō, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from *firhu- (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“life, force, strength, tree”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲɛɾʲəmʲ/

Noun

feirm f (genitive singular feirme, nominative plural feirmeacha)

  1. farm

Declension

Declension of feirm (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative feirm feirmeacha
vocative a fheirm a fheirmeacha
genitive feirme feirmeacha
dative feirm feirmeacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fheirm na feirmeacha
genitive na feirme na bhfeirmeacha
dative leis an bhfeirm
don fheirm 		leis na feirmeacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of feirm
radical lenition eclipsis
feirm fheirm bhfeirm

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

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