téarma

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English terme, from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”). Doublet of tearmann.

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
Declension of téarma

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative téarma téarmaí
Vocative a théarma a théarmaí
Genitive téarma téarmaí
Dative téarma téarmaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an téarma na téarmaí
Genitive an téarma na dtéarmaí
Dative leis an téarma

don téarma

 leis na téarmaí

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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