uimhir

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish uimir, a rebracketing of nuimir, from Latin numerus.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɪvʲəɾʲ/^[1]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞̃vʲəɾʲ/; /ˈɨ̞mʲəɾʲ/^[2] (as if spelled uimir)

Noun

uimhir f (genitive singular uimhreach or uimhre, nominative plural uimhreacha)

1. number

Declension

Declension of uimhir (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative uimhir uimhreacha vocative a uimhir a uimhreacha genitive uimhreach uimhreacha dative uimhir uimhreacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an uimhir na huimhreacha genitive na huimhreach na n-uimhreacha dative leis an uimhir don uimhir leis na huimhreacha

• Alternative genitive singular: uimhre

Derived terms

• buanuimhir (“constant number”)
• bunuimhir (“cardinal number; radix”)
• gairmuimhir (“call number”)
• Leabhar na nUimhreacha (“Book of Numbers”)
• orduimhir (“ordinal number”)
• réaduimhir (“real number”)
• uimhir adamhach (“atomic number”)
• uimhir Arabach (“Arabic numeral”)
• uimhir chóimheasta (“rational number”)
• uimhir chorr (“odd number”)
• uimhir chothrom (“even number”)
• uimhir dhéach (“dual number”)
• uimhir éagóimheasta (“irrational number”)
• uimhir ilchodach (“composite number”)
• uimhir iolra (“plural number”)
• uimhir iompair (“transport number”)
• uimhir phríomha (“prime number”)
• uimhir réadach (“real number”)
• uimhir Rómhánach (“Roman numeral”)
• uimhir snáithe (“count (of yarn)”)
• uimhir thagartha (“reference number”)
• uimhir theibí (“abstract number”)
• uimhir theileafóin (“telephone number”)
• uimhir uatha (“singular number”)
• Uimhreacha (“Numbers”)
• uimhrigh (“number”, verb)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of uimhir

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uimhir	n-uimhir	huimhir	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 133, page 69
2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 298, page 106

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uimhir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uimhir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “uimhir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024