cuirm

Irish

Noun

cuirm f (genitive singular cuirme or corma, nominative plural cuirmeacha)

1. superseded spelling of coirm

Declension

Declension of cuirm (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cuirm cuirmeacha vocative a chuirm a chuirmeacha genitive cuirme cuirmeacha dative cuirm cuirmeacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an chuirm na cuirmeacha genitive na cuirme na gcuirmeacha dative leis an gcuirm don chuirm leis na cuirmeacha

Older declension:

Declension of cuirm (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cuirm cuirmeacha vocative a chuirm a chuirmeacha genitive corma cuirmeacha dative cuirm cuirmeacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an chuirm na cuirmeacha genitive na corma na gcuirmeacha dative leis an gcuirm don chuirm leis na cuirmeacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuirm

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuirm	chuirm	gcuirm

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kurmi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾʲmʲ/

Noun

cuirm n (genitive corma or cormae)

1. ale, beer

Inflection

Neuter i-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cuirmN	—	—
vocative	cuirmN	—	—
accusative	cuirmN	—	—
genitive	cormoH, cormaH	—	—
dative	cuirmL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Neuter n-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cuirmN	cuirmN	cormanL
vocative	cuirmN	cuirmN	cormanL
accusative	cuirmN	cuirmN	cormanL
genitive	cormae	cormanN	cormanN
dative	cormaimL	cormanaib	cormanaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: coirm
• Scottish Gaelic: cuirm

Mutation

Mutation of cuirm

radical	lenition	nasalization
cuirm	chuirm	cuirm pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuirm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kurmi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cuirm f (genitive singular cuirme, plural cuirmean)

1. feast, banquet

Derived terms

• cuirm-chnuic
• cuirm-chiùil