tubaiste

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish tubaiste, from Middle English tempest (“tempest, commotion”), from Old French tempeste (“storm”), from Latin tempestās. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic tubaist. Doublet of timpiste.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠəˈbˠɑːʃtʲə/[1] (corresponding to the form tubáiste)

Noun

tubaiste f (genitive singular tubaiste, nominative plural tubaistí)

  1. calamity, disaster, tragedy
  2. genitive singular of tubaist

Declension

Declension of tubaiste (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tubaiste tubaistí
vocative a thubaiste a thubaistí
genitive tubaiste tubaistí
dative tubaiste tubaistí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tubaiste na tubaistí
genitive na tubaiste na dtubaistí
dative leis an tubaiste
don tubaiste 		leis na tubaistí

Derived terms

  • tubaisteach (“calamitous, disastrous, tragic”, adjective)
  • tubaisteoir (“unfortunate person; dangerous bungler; mischief-maker”)
  • tubaiste nádúrtha (“natural disaster”)
  • tubaisteoireacht, tubaistíocht (“dangerous bungling; mischief-making”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tubaiste
radical lenition eclipsis
tubaiste thubaiste dtubaiste

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

tubaiste

  1. genitive singular of tubaist

Mutation

Mutation of tubaiste
radical lenition
tubaiste thubaiste

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

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