timpeallaigh

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Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From timpeall (round, circuit; roundabout; surrounding, encircling, position; ambit, precincts; circumference, girth) +‎ -igh (verbal suffix).

Verb[edit]

timpeallaigh (present analytic timpeallaíonn, future analytic timpeallóidh, verbal noun timpeallú, past participle timpeallaithe)

  1. (transitive) go round
  2. (transitive) surround, encircle, encompass
    Synonym: ciorclaigh
  3. (transitive) belt, gird
  4. (transitive) circumvent
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

timpeallaigh

  1. inflection of timpeallach (roundabout, circuitous; ambient, surrounding; large of girth):
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
timpeallaigh thimpeallaigh dtimpeallaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]