timpeallacht

Irish

Etymology

From timpeall (“round, circuit; roundabout; surrounding, encircling position”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

timpeallacht f (genitive singular timpeallachta)

  1. surroundings, environment, milieu
  2. entourage
    Synonyms: comhluadar, cuideachta, lucht coimhdeachta

Declension

Declension of timpeallacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative timpeallacht
vocative a thimpeallacht
genitive timpeallachta
dative timpeallacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an timpeallacht
genitive na timpeallachta
dative leis an timpeallacht
don timpeallacht
  • timpeallach (“roundabout, circuitous; ambient, surrounding; large of girth”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of timpeallacht
radical lenition eclipsis
timpeallacht thimpeallacht dtimpeallacht

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

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