tionlacan

Irish

Alternative forms

• tionnlacan (superseded)

Etymology

An alteration of Middle Irish tinlucun, which was metathesized from Old Irish tindnacol. Doublet of tíolacadh. By surface analysis, tionlaic +‎ -an.

Noun

tionlacan m (genitive singular as substantive tionlacain, genitive as verbal noun tionlactha, nominative plural tionlacain)

1. verbal noun of tionlaic
2. accompaniment (music giving support or adding to the background; that which accompanies)
3. escort (group of people who provide safety)
4. (military) convoy

Declension

As a substantive:

Declension of tionlacan (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tionlacan tionlacain vocative a thionlacain a thionlacana genitive tionlacain tionlacan dative tionlacan tionlacain forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tionlacan na tionlacain genitive an tionlacain na dtionlacan dative leis an tionlacan don tionlacan leis na tionlacain

As a verbal noun:

Declension of tionlacan (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative tionlacan vocative a thionlacan genitive tionactha dative tionlacan forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tionlacan genitive an tionactha dative leis an tionlacan don tionlacan

Mutation

Mutated forms of tionlacan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tionlacan	thionlacan	dtionlacan

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tionnlacan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tionlacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN