timpeall
Irish
Alternative forms
- timcheall (superseded)
- timpall, tímpall (nonstandard)
- tímpeall (nonstandard)
- tiompall, tíompall (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Old Irish timchell, verbal noun of do·imchella (“go around, surround”)
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value Connacht is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈtʲiːmʲpʲəl̪ˠ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value Ulster is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈtʲɪmʲpʲəl̪ˠ/
Noun
timpeall m (genitive singular timpill, nominative plural timpill)
- round, circuit; roundabout
- surrounding, encircling position
- ambit, precinct
- (geometry) circumference
- girth
Declension
Declension of timpeall
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
Adverb
timpeall
Synonyms
- (about, approximately): timpeall is
Preposition
timpeall (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)
Synonyms
- (around, about): i dtimpeall, timpeall ar
Interjection
timpeall!
Mutation
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
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 188
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “timchell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Template:R:ga:Dinneen
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “timpeall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN