titim

Irish

Alternative forms

• tuitim

Etymology

From Middle Irish tuitim, from Old Irish tothaim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪtʲəmʲ/

Noun

titim f (genitive singular titime)

1. verbal noun of tit
2. fall

Declension

Declension of titim

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative titim Vocative a thitim Genitive titime Dative titim

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an titim Genitive na titime Dative leis an titim don titim

Derived terms

• titimeach (“falling, tending to fall; caducous”, adjective)
• titimeán m (“dropper”) (fishing)
• titimeas m (“epilepsy”)

 

Verb

titim

1. first-person singular present indicative/imperative of tit

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
titim	thitim	dtitim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "titim" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “titim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “titim” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.