timpeall
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish timchell, verbal noun of do·imchella (“go around, surround”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲiːmˠpˠəl̪ˠ/[3] (corresponding to the form tímpall)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈtʲiːmʲpʲəl̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɪmʲpʲiəl̪ˠ/[4] (as if spelled timpiall)
Noun
[edit]timpeall m (genitive singular timpill, nominative plural timpill)
- round, circuit; roundabout
- surrounding, encircling position
- ambit, precinct
- (geometry) circumference
- girth
Declension
[edit]Declension of timpeall
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]timpeall
Synonyms
[edit]- (about, approximately): timpeall is
Derived terms
[edit]Preposition
[edit]timpeall (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)
Synonyms
[edit]- (around, about): i dtimpeall, timpeall ar
Interjection
[edit]timpeall!
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| timpeall | thimpeall | dtimpeall |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “timpeall”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “timchell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 188
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 366, page 125
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “timċeall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 734
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “timpeall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN