téarma

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English terme, from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (boundary, limit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲeːɾˠmˠə/

Noun

téarma m (genitive singular téarma, nominative plural téarmaí)

  1. term, period
  2. time limit
  3. term, condition
  4. (music, poetry) quatrain, stanza, verse

Declension

Synonyms

  • (time limit): teorainn ama
  • (quatrain, stanza, verse): rann

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
téarma théarma dtéarma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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