talmhaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From talamh (“earth”) +‎ -aí (suffix used to form agent nouns).

Noun

talmhaí m (genitive singular talmhaí, nominative plural talmhaithe)

1. agriculturist

   Synonyms: cuireadóir, talmhadóir

2. husbandman

   Synonym: talmhadóir

Declension

Declension of talmhaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative talmhaí talmhaithe vocative a thalmhaí a thalmhaithe genitive talmhaí talmhaithe dative talmhaí talmhaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an talmhaí na talmhaithe genitive an talmhaí na dtalmhaithe dative leis an talmhaí don talmhaí leis na talmhaithe

Derived terms

• talmhaíocht

Etymology 2

From Old Irish talmaide (“terrestrial, of the world; earthly; earthy, made of earth”), from talam (“earth”). By surface analysis, talamh +‎ -aí (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

talmhaí

1. earthly, terrestrial
2. worldly(-minded)
3. earthy (made of clay)
4. thickset, stocky, solid

Derived terms

• galar talmhaí (“epilepsy”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

talmhaí

1. present subjunctive indicative of talmhaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of talmhaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
talmhaí	thalmhaí	dtalmhaí

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) “talmhaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 talmaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “talmhaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “talmhaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024