tópás

See also: topas, Topas, and tópas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman topace, from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).

Noun

tópás m (genitive singular tópáis, nominative plural tópáis)

1. topaz

   Synonym: afast

Declension

Declension of tópás

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tópás tópáis Vocative a thópáis a thópása Genitive tópáis tópás Dative tópás tópáis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tópás na tópáis Genitive an tópáis na dtópás Dative leis an tópás don tópás leis na tópáis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tópás	thópás	dtópás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tópás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tópas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “tópás” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “tópás” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.