triomach

Irish

Alternative forms

• tiormach, tiormacht, tiormlach, triomacht

Etymology

From Middle Irish tirmach. By surface analysis, tirim +‎ -ach with syncope of the first i.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲʊməx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲɪməx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲɪma(h)/

Noun

triomach m (genitive singular triomaigh)

1. drought

   Tá triomach san Astráil. ― There’s a drought in Australia.

Declension

Declension of triomach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative triomach vocative a thriomaigh genitive triomaigh dative triomach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an triomach genitive an triomaigh dative leis an triomach don triomach

Derived terms

• triomachánaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of triomach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
triomach	thriomach	dtriomach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “triomach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tírmach, tirmach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “triomach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tiormaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 736
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tiormaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tiormaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tiormlaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “triomach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “triomach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024