timpeallacht

Irish

Etymology

From timpeall (“round, circuit; roundabout; surrounding, encircling position”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

timpeallacht f (genitive singular timpeallachta)

1. surroundings, environment, milieu
2. entourage

   Synonyms: comhluadar, cuideachta, lucht coimhdeachta

Declension

Declension of timpeallacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative timpeallacht Vocative a thimpeallacht Genitive timpeallachta Dative timpeallacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an timpeallacht Genitive na timpeallachta Dative leis an timpeallacht don timpeallacht

Related terms

• timpeallach (“roundabout, circuitous; ambient, surrounding; large of girth”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
timpeallacht	thimpeallacht	dtimpeallacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “timpeallacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “timpeallacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “timpeallacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024