téarma

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English terme, from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”). Doublet of tearmann.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲeːɾˠmˠə/[1]

Noun

téarma m (genitive singular téarma, nominative plural téarmaí)

  1. term, period
  2. time limit
  3. term, condition
  4. (music, poetry) quatrain, stanza, verse

Declension

Declension of téarma (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative téarma téarmaí
vocative a théarma a théarmaí
genitive téarma téarmaí
dative téarma téarmaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an téarma na téarmaí
genitive an téarma na dtéarmaí
dative leis an téarma
don téarma 		leis na téarmaí

Synonyms

  • (time limit): teorainn ama
  • (quatrain, stanza, verse): rann

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of téarma
radical lenition eclipsis
téarma théarma dtéarma

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, § 222, page 113

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