tiompán

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tympanum.

Noun

tiompán m (genitive singular tiompáin, nominative plural tiompáin)

1. tympan, drum
2. (literary) metal-stringed instrument of harp kind
3. timbrel, tambourine
4. kettledrum

   Synonym: citealdruma

5. hollow
6. hump
7. (geography) deep, sheltered cove

Declension

Declension of tiompán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tiompán tiompáin vocative a thiompáin a thiompána genitive tiompáin tiompán dative tiompán tiompáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tiompán na tiompáin genitive an tiompáin na dtiompán dative leis an tiompán don tiompán leis na tiompáin

Derived terms

• tiompán na cluaise
• tiompánach
• tiompánacht
• tiompánaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of tiompán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tiompán	thiompán	dtiompán

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) “tiompán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tiompán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tiompán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025