tormán

See also: torman

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish tormán; compare Scottish Gaelic torman. By surface analysis, toirm +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠəmˠanˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠəmˠan̪ˠ/[1] (as if spelled tarmán)

Noun

tormán m (genitive singular tormáin, nominative plural tormáin)

  1. noise, roar (loud resounding noise), rumble (low, heavy, continuous sound), thunder (deep, rumbling noise), boom (low-pitched, resonant sound)

Declension

Declension of tormán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tormán tormáin
vocative a thormáin a thormána
genitive tormáin tormán
dative tormán tormáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tormán na tormáin
genitive an tormáin na dtormán
dative leis an tormán
don tormán 		leis na tormáin

Derived terms

  • toit agus tormán (“something of no account, sound and fury”)
  • tormán sonach (“sonic boom”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tormán
radical lenition eclipsis
tormán thormán dtormán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54

Further reading

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