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tiomnach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From tiomna (will, testament) +‎ -ach. (Compare Manx çhymnagh.)

Adjective

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tiomnach (genitive singular masculine tiomnaigh, genitive singular feminine tiomnaí, plural tiomnacha, not comparable)

  1. (law) testate
    Antonym: díthiomnach
  2. testamentary
    Synonym: tiomnaithe

Declension

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Declension of tiomnach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative tiomnach thiomnach tiomnacha;
thiomnacha2
vocative thiomnaigh tiomnacha
genitive tiomnaí tiomnacha tiomnach
dative tiomnach;
thiomnach1
thiomnach;
thiomnaigh (archaic)
tiomnacha;
thiomnacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

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tiomnach m (genitive singular tiomnaigh, nominative plural tiomnaigh)

  1. (law) testate

Declension

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Declension of tiomnach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tiomnach tiomnaigh
vocative a thiomnaigh a thiomnacha
genitive tiomnaigh tiomnach
dative tiomnach tiomnaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tiomnach na tiomnaigh
genitive an tiomnaigh na dtiomnach
dative leis an tiomnach
don tiomnach
leis na tiomnaigh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of tiomnach
radical lenition eclipsis
tiomnach thiomnach dtiomnach

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

Further reading

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