tiomnach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tiomna (“will, testament”) + -ach. (Compare Manx çhymnagh.)
Adjective[edit]
tiomnach (genitive singular masculine tiomnaigh, genitive singular feminine tiomnaí, plural tiomnacha, not comparable)
- (law) testate
- Antonym: díthiomnach
- testamentary
- Synonym: tiomnaithe
Declension[edit]
Declension of tiomnach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | tiomnach | thiomnach | tiomnacha; thiomnacha² | |
Vocative | thiomnaigh | tiomnacha | ||
Genitive | tiomnaí | tiomnacha | tiomnach | |
Dative | tiomnach; thiomnach¹ |
thiomnach; thiomnaigh (archaic) |
tiomnacha; thiomnacha² | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun[edit]
tiomnach m (genitive singular tiomnaigh, nominative plural tiomnaigh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of tiomnach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tiomnach | thiomnach | dtiomnach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tiomnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “tiomnach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tiomnach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.