fuaim

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fˠuəmʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fúaimm, from Proto-Celtic *woxsman, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (to speak, sound out).

Noun

fuaim f (genitive singular fuaime, nominative plural fuaimeanna)

  1. sound
  2. noise
  3. clamour
Declension

Obsolete declension as a third-declension noun:

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

  • fuaghaim (obsolete)

Verb

fuaim

  1. first-person singular present indicative and imperative of fuaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuaim fhuaim bhfuaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúaimm, from Proto-Celtic *woxsman, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (to speak, sound out).

Noun

fuaim m (genitive singular fuaime, plural fuaimean)

  1. sound
  2. noise

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
fuaimfhuaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • 1 fúaimm, fúamm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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