tiomnach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tiomna (“will, testament”) + -ach. (Compare Manx çhymnagh.)
Adjective
[edit]tiomnach (genitive singular masculine tiomnaigh, genitive singular feminine tiomnaí, plural tiomnacha, not comparable)
- (law) testate
- Antonym: díthiomnach
- testamentary
- Synonym: tiomnaithe
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]tiomnach m (genitive singular tiomnaigh, nominative plural tiomnaigh)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tiomnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tiomnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “tiomnach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025