tairmtheacht

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

tairmtheacht m (genitive singular tairmtheachta)

1. (literary) (act of) crossing over; transition, passage
2. (literary) transgression

Declension

Declension of tairmtheacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tairmtheacht Vocative a thairmtheacht Genitive tairmtheachta Dative tairmtheacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tairmtheacht Genitive an tairmtheachta Dative leis an tairmtheacht don tairmtheacht

Derived terms

• nóta tairmtheachta m (“passing-note”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tairmtheacht	thairmtheacht	dtairmtheacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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