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urraim
urraim
Irish
Alternative forms
- uirrim (Munster)
Noun
urraim f (genitive singular urraime)
- respect, esteem; deferential regard, reverence, veneration
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
- Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.
- Her parents had no children but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people for this young girl.
- Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
Declension
Declension of urraim
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- mí-urraim f (“disrespect”)
- urramach (“revered, reverent, reverend; reverend person”)
- urramacht f (“respectfulness, reverence”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| urraim | n-urraim | hurraim | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- ↑ M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval, 1936, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 193.
- "urraim" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “airraim” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.