téama

See also: teama and teamă

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”).

Noun

téama m (genitive singular téama, nominative plural téamaí)

1. (school, music) theme
2. (usually in the plural) topics of conversation; humorous talk, pleasantries, fun

Declension

Declension of téama

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative téama téamaí Vocative a théama a théamaí Genitive téama téamaí Dative téama téamaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an téama na téamaí Genitive an téama na dtéamaí Dative leis an téama don téama leis na téamaí

Derived terms

• aontéamach, monaitéamach (“monothematic”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
téama	théama	dtéama
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “téama”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN