Irish

Noun

aicme f ‎(genitive singular aicme, nominative plural aicmí)

1. genus
2. class (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.)
   • 1980, Díospóireachtaí párlaiminte: tuairisc oifigiúil (published in Ireland by the Oireachtas / Dáil), volume 319, page iv:

     […] cheart aire speisialta a thabhairt dóibh siúd ins an íseal aicme agus cinntiú go dtabharfai liúntais leasa shóisialaigh do dhaoine den tsórt sin a chuirfeadh ar a gcumas maireachtáil […] ‎

     Special attention should be given to those in the low [i.e. poor / working] class and social welfare allowances [should be] given to such persons to enable them to survive.

   • 1998, Máirín Nic Eoin, B'ait Leo Bean, excerpted in The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, volume 5, Irish Women's Writing and Traditions (2002; ISBN 0-8147-9907-8), Contemporary Writing, 1960-2001: Feminism, Culture and Critique in Irish, page 1567:

     Is é an fáth go samhlaíonn sé an idé-eolaíocht mar uirlis de chuid an Stáit ná gur tuigeadh dó go raibh an Stát ag feidhmiú thar ceann na haicme ceannais.‎

     The reason is that it envisages the ideology as a tool of the State, or that it understood that the State was acting on behalf of the ruling class.

3. family, tribe
4. set, clique
5. denomination (unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.)
   • 1983, Faisnéis Ráithiuil - Banc Ceannais na hÉireann, published by the Central Bank of Ireland, page 72:

     Níor buaileadh í ach i mBaile Átha Cliath amháin agus níor buaileadh ach aicme amháin, an phingin airgid.‎

     It is minted only in Dublin and only one denomination is minted, the silver penny.

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References

• "aicme" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “aicme” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.