triomach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • tiormach, tiormacht, tiormlach, triomacht[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish tirmach.[2] By surface analysis, tirim +‎ -ach with syncope of the first i.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɾʲumˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɾʲimˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɾʲimˠa(x)/

Noun

triomach m (genitive singular triomaigh)

  1. drought
    triomach san Astráil.There’s a drought in Australia.

Declension

Declension of triomach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative triomach
vocative a thriomaigh
genitive triomaigh
dative triomach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an triomach
genitive an triomaigh
dative leis an triomach
don triomach

Derived terms

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

  1. ^ triomach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tírmach, tirmach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tiormaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1213; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tiormaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1213; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tiormlaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1214; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “triomach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • triomach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “triomach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN