cuirm

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kurmi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kurʲmʲ]

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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cuirm	chuirm	cuirm pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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.

Noun

cuirm f (genitive singular cuirme, plural cuirmean)

1. feast, banquet

Derived terms

• cuirm-chnuic
• cuirm-chiùil