tomhas

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tomus (weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, nominative plural tomhais)

  1. verbal noun of tomhais
  2. measure, measuring, measurement, gauge, gauging; size, dimensions, fit; quantity; system of measurement
  3. guess, riddle, conundrum, puzzler

Declension

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Alternative declension

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
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

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 42

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tomus (weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, plural tòimhsean or tomhasan)

  1. verbal noun of tomhais
  2. measurement
  3. dimension, size
    Synonym: meudachd
  4. measure (device)
  5. survey (of land, etc.)
    Synonym: suirbhidh
  6. calculation, computation
  7. guess
    Synonyms: barail, tuairmse

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tomhas thomhas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap