tórramh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish torroma.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔːɾˠu/

Noun

tórramh m (genitive singular tórraimh, nominative plural tórraimh)

1. wake (period after death)

   Synonym: faire

2. funeral

   Synonym: sochraid

Declension

Declension of tórramh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tórramh tórraimh vocative a thórraimh a thórramha genitive tórraimh tórramh dative tórramh tórraimh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tórramh na tórraimh genitive an tórraimh na dtórramh dative leis an tórramh don tórramh leis na tórraimh

Mutation

Mutated forms of tórramh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tórramh	thórramh	dtórramh

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

Further reading

• “tórramh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “torrama”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tórramh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society