fuinneamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fuinnem (“momentum, vigour, force”), from fo- + sním.

Pronunciation

(Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪɲəvˠ/
(Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪn̠ʲəvˠ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪn̠ʲə/
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪn̠ʲuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪn̠ʲu/

Noun

fuinneamh m (genitive singular fuinnimh)

(physics, etc.) energy; force, vigour; pep, spirit
1. twist, twirl

Declension

Declension of fuinneamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	fuinneamh
Vocative	a fhuinnimh
Genitive	fuinnimh
Dative	fuinneamh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an fuinneamh
Genitive	an fhuinnimh
Dative	leis an bhfuinneamh don fhuinneamh

Derived terms

bíoga fuinnimh
fuinneamh adamhach
fuinneamh folaigh
fuinneamh gluaiseachta
fuinneamh gníomhachtaíochta
fuinneamh nasctha
fuinneamh poitéinsiúil
fuinneamh statach
fuinneamhachas
fuinniúil
fuinnmhigh
maisfhuinneamh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuinneamh	fhuinneamh	bhfuinneamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuinneamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fuinnem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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