tomhas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tomus (“weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess”).

Noun

tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, nominative plural tomhais)

1. verbal noun of tomhais
2. measure, measuring, measurement, gauge, gauging; size, dimensions, fit; quantity; system of measurement
3. guess, riddle, conundrum, puzzler

Declension

Declension of tomhas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tomhas tomhais Vocative a thomhais a thomhasa Genitive tomhais tomhas Dative tomhas tomhais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tomhas na tomhais Genitive an tomhais na dtomhas Dative leis an tomhas don tomhas leis na tomhais

Alternative declension

Declension of tomhas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tomhas tomhasanna Vocative a thomhais a thomhasanna Genitive tomhais tomhasanna Dative tomhas tomhasanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tomhas na tomhasanna Genitive an tomhais na dtomhasanna Dative leis an tomhas don tomhas leis na tomhasanna

Derived terms

• as tomhas (“by guess(-work)”)
• balún tomhais (“sounding-balloon”)
• brat ar thomhas an urláir (“fitted carpet”)
• cailpéar tomhais (“calliper gauge”)
• cluiche tomhais focal (“charade”)
• den tomhas beacht (“full-size”)
• droichead tomhais (“measuring bridge”)
• gan tomhas (“unfathomed, unmeasured”)
• gloine tomhais (“measuring-glass”)
• léaráid thomhas (“dimensioned sketch”)
• ribín tomhais (“tape-measure”)
• roth tomhais (“trundle-wheel”)
• scálaí tomhais (“(pair of) scales”)
• slabhra tomhais (“measuring-chain”)
• slat tomhais (“criterion, touchstone, yard-stick”)
• tomhais innill (“dimensional figures”)
• tomhas a chur ar dhuine (“to ask someone a riddle”)
• tomhas ama (“timing”)
• tomhas beacht (“exact measure”)
• tomhas biotáille (“a measure of spirits”)
• tomhas cearnógach (“square measure”)
• tomhas ceart (“honest weight”)
• tomhas ciúbach (“cubic measure”)
• tomhas corr (“bastard size”)
• tomhas cró (“bore”)
• tomhas cruánach (“solid measure”)
• tomhas faid (“linear measure”)
• tomhas gann (“short measure”)
• tomhas láimhe (“hand measurement”)
• tomhas lamháltais (“limit gauge”)
• tomhas leachta (“liquid measure”)
• tomhas leithead ráille (“track-gauge”)
• tomhas líneach (“linear measure”)
• tomhas míreanna mearaí (“jig-saw puzzle”)
• tomhas sleamhnáin (“slide gauge”)
• tomhas sorcóireach (“cylindrical gauge, plug gauge”)
• tomhas tiúis (“thickness-gauge, feeler-gauge”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tomhas	thomhas	dtomhas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tomus (“weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess”).

Noun

tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, plural tòimhsean or tomhasan)

1. verbal noun of tomhais
2. measurement
3. dimension, size

   Synonym: meudachd

4. measure (device)
5. survey (of land, etc.)

   Synonym: suirbhidh

6. calculation, computation
7. guess

   Synonyms: barail, tuairmse

Derived terms

• inneal-tomhais
• slat-tomhais

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
tomhas	thomhas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.