uimhir

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish uimir, a rebracketing of nuimir, from Latin numerus.

Pronunciation

Noun

uimhir f (genitive singular uimhreach or uimhre, nominative plural uimhreacha)

  1. number

Declension

Declension of uimhir (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative uimhir uimhreacha
vocative a uimhir a uimhreacha
genitive uimhreach uimhreacha
dative uimhir uimhreacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an uimhir na huimhreacha
genitive na huimhreach na n-uimhreacha
dative leis an uimhir
don uimhir 		leis na huimhreacha
  • Alternative genitive singular: uimhre

Derived terms

  • buanuimhir (“constant number”)
  • bunuimhir (“cardinal number; radix”)
  • gairmuimhir (“call number”)
  • Leabhar na nUimhreacha (“Book of Numbers”)
  • orduimhir (“ordinal number”)
  • réaduimhir (“real number”)
  • uimhir adamhach (“atomic number”)
  • uimhir Arabach (“Arabic numeral”)
  • uimhir chóimheasta (“rational number”)
  • uimhir chorr (“odd number”)
  • uimhir chothrom (“even number”)
  • uimhir dhéach (“dual number”)
  • uimhir éagóimheasta (“irrational number”)
  • uimhir ilchodach (“composite number”)
  • uimhir iolra (“plural number”)
  • uimhir iompair (“transport number”)
  • uimhir phríomha (“prime number”)
  • uimhir réadach (“real number”)
  • uimhir Rómhánach (“Roman numeral”)
  • uimhir snáithe (“count (of yarn)”)
  • uimhir thagartha (“reference number”)
  • uimhir theibí (“abstract number”)
  • uimhir theileafóin (“telephone number”)
  • uimhir uatha (“singular number”)
  • Uimhreacha (“Numbers”)
  • uimhrigh (“number”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of uimhir
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uimhir n-uimhir huimhir not applicable

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, § 133, page 69
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 298, page 106

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