tópás

See also: topas, Topas, and tópas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman topace, from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).

Noun

tópás m (genitive singular tópáis, nominative plural tópáis)

1. topaz

   Synonym: afast

Declension

Declension of tópás (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tópás tópáis vocative a thópáis a thópása genitive tópáis tópás dative tópás tópáis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tópás na tópáis genitive an tópáis na dtópás dative leis an tópás don tópás leis na tópáis

Mutation

Mutated forms of tópás

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tópás	thópás	dtópás

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tópás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tópas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tópás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tópás”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024