tuairim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish túaraim, túairim (“likelihood”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠuəɾʲəmʲ/

Noun

tuairim f (genitive singular tuairime, nominative plural tuairimí or tuairimeacha)

opinion
Synonym: barúil

Declension

Declension of tuairim

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tuairim	tuairimí
Vocative	a thuairim	a thuairimí
Genitive	tuairime	tuairimí
Dative	tuairim	tuairimí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tuairim	na tuairimí
Genitive	na tuairime	na dtuairimí
Dative	leis an tuairim don tuairim	leis na tuairimí

Alternative plural form: tuairimeacha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

faoi thuairim (“to, towards; for, for the purpose of”)

Preposition

tuairim (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

about, approximately

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuairim	thuairim	dtuairim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“tuairim”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “túaraim, túairim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tuairim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 761
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuairim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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