tiompán

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tympanum.

Noun

tiompán m (genitive singular tiompáin, nominative plural tiompáin)

1. tympan, drum
2. (literary) metal-stringed instrument of harp kind
3. timbrel, tambourine
4. kettledrum

   Synonym: citealdruma

5. hollow
6. hump
7. (geography) deep, sheltered cove

Declension

Declension of tiompán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tiompán tiompáin Vocative a thiompáin a thiompána Genitive tiompáin tiompán Dative tiompán tiompáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tiompán na tiompáin Genitive an tiompáin na dtiompán Dative leis an tiompán don tiompán leis na tiompáin

Derived terms

• tiompán na cluaise
• tiompánach
• tiompánacht
• tiompánaí

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tiompán	thiompán	dtiompán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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