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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of timpeallacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
timpeallacht	thimpeallacht	dtimpeallacht

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) “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