titimeas

Irish

Etymology

From titim (“fall”, noun) +‎ -as. Compare English falling sickness.

Noun

titimeas m (genitive singular titimis)

1. (pathology) epilepsy

   Synonyms: an bhreoiteacht mhór, galar titimeach, galar Póil, galar talmhaí, an tinneas beannaithe, an tinneas mór, tinneas Póil, tinneas talún

Declension

Declension of titimeas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative titimeas vocative a thitimis genitive titimis dative titimeas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an titimeas genitive an titimis dative leis an titimeas don titimeas

Mutation

Mutated forms of titimeas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
titimeas	thitimeas	dtitimeas

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