deirm

Irish

Etymology

From New Latin dermis, from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”).

Noun

deirm f (genitive singular deirme)

1. (anatomy) derm, dermis

Declension

Declension of deirm (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative deirm vocative a dheirm genitive deirme dative deirm forms with the definite article singular nominative an deirm genitive na deirme dative leis an deirm don deirm

Derived terms

• deirmeach (“dermal”, adjective)
• deirmeolaí m (“dermatologist”)
• deirmeolaíocht f (“dermatology”)
• fodheirmeach (“hypodermic”, adjective)
• hipideirm f (“hypodermis”)
• méisideirm f (“mesoderm”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deirm

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deirm	dheirm	ndeirm

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “deirm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN