feidhm

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish feidm (“effort”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *wedesman, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Compare Scottish Gaelic feum.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲəimʲ/, [fʲëimʲ]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲəimʲ/, [fʲeimʲ], [fʲɛːmʲ][2]

Noun

feidhm f (genitive singular feidhme, nominative plural feidhmeanna)

use, application
service
function
business, affair
effect, effectiveness
need, necessity
Níl feidhm é sin a dhéanamh.
There’s no need to do that.

Declension

Declension of feidhm

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	feidhm	feidhmeanna
Vocative	a fheidhm	a fheidhmeanna
Genitive	feidhme	feidhmeanna
Dative	feidhm	feidhmeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fheidhm	na feidhmeanna
Genitive	na feidhme	na bhfeidhmeanna
Dative	leis an bhfeidhm don fheidhm	leis na feidhmeanna

Synonyms

(need): gá
(function, business, affair): gnó
(service): seirbhís
(use, function): úsáid

Derived terms

aonfheidhmeach (“monofunctional”)
cuir i bhfeidhm
feidhmchlár (“computer application”)
feidhmchumhacht
feidhmeach
feidhmeannach (“executive, official, agent”)
feidhmeannas (“function, service”)
feidhmeannas
feidhmeanta
feidhmigh
feidhmitheach
feidhmiú
feidhmiúchán
feidhmiúil
feidhmiúlacht
feidhmlár
feidhmliosta
feidhmnigh
feidhmniú
i bhfeidhm
tar i bhfeidhm
téigh i bhfeidhm

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feidhm	fheidhm	bhfeidhm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “feidm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 86, page 35

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feidhm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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