tiomnach

Irish

Etymology

From tiomna (“will, testament”) +‎ -ach. (Compare Manx çhymnagh.)

Adjective

tiomnach (genitive singular masculine tiomnaigh, genitive singular feminine tiomnaí, plural tiomnacha, not comparable)

1. (law) testate

   Antonym: díthiomnach

2. testamentary

   Synonym: tiomnaithe

Declension

Declension of tiomnach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	tiomnach	thiomnach	tiomnacha; thiomnacha²
Vocative	thiomnaigh		tiomnacha
Genitive		tiomnaí	tiomnacha	tiomnach
Dative	tiomnach; thiomnach¹	thiomnach; thiomnaigh (archaic)	tiomnacha; thiomnacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

tiomnach m (genitive singular tiomnaigh, nominative plural tiomnaigh)

1. (law) testate

Declension

Declension of tiomnach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tiomnach tiomnaigh Vocative a thiomnaigh a thiomnacha Genitive tiomnaigh tiomnach Dative tiomnach tiomnaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tiomnach na tiomnaigh Genitive an tiomnaigh na dtiomnach Dative leis an tiomnach don tiomnach leis na tiomnaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tiomnach	thiomnach	dtiomnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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