tomhas
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish tomus (“weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, nominative plural tomhais)
- verbal noun of tomhais
- measure, measuring, measurement, gauge, gauging; size, dimensions, fit; quantity; system of measurement
- guess, riddle, conundrum, puzzler
Declension
[edit]Declension of tomhas
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- Alternative declension
Declension of tomhas
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Derived terms
[edit]- as tomhas
- balún tomhais
- brat ar thomhas an urláir
- cailpéar tomhais
- cluiche tomhais focal
- den tomhas beacht
- droichead tomhais
- gan tomhas
- gloine tomhais
- léaráid thomhas
- ribín tomhais
- roth tomhais
- scálaí tomhais
- slabhra tomhais
- slat tomhais
- tomhais innill
- tomhas a chur ar dhuine
- tomhas ama
- tomhas beacht
- tomhas biotáille
- tomhas cearnógach
- tomhas ceart
- tomhas ciúbach
- tomhas corr
- tomhas cró
- tomhas cruánach
- tomhas faid
- tomhas gann
- tomhas láimhe
- tomhas lamháltais
- tomhas leachta
- tomhas leithead ráille
- tomhas líneach
- tomhas míreanna mearaí
- tomhas sleamhnáin
- tomhas sorcóireach
- tomhas tiúis
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tomhas | thomhas | dtomhas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 42
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish tomus (“weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, plural tòimhsean or tomhasan)
- verbal noun of tomhais
- measurement
- dimension, size
- Synonym: meudachd
- measure (device)
- survey (of land, etc.)
- Synonym: suirbhidh
- calculation, computation
- guess
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
tomhas | thomhas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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