turgnamh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish turgnam, from Proto-Celtic *to- + *ɸare- + *uɸo- + *gnīmus (compare *gniyeti).

Noun

turgnamh m (genitive singular turgnaimh, nominative plural turgnaimh)

1. (scientific) experiment

Declension

Declension of turgnamh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative turgnamh turgnaimh vocative a thurgnaimh a thurgnamha genitive turgnaimh turgnamh dative turgnamh turgnaimh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an turgnamh na turgnaimh genitive an turgnaimh na dturgnamh dative leis an turgnamh don turgnamh leis na turgnaimh

Derived terms

• turgnamhach (“experimental, empirical”)
• turgnamhacht (“empiricism”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of turgnamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
turgnamh	thurgnamh	dturgnamh

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “turgnam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “turgnamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN