tuilleamh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • tuilleachtaint, tuilliúint, tuillmheadh

Etymology

From Old Irish tuillem, verbal noun of do·slí.[1] By surface analysis, tuill +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲilʲəvˠ/[2]
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈtʲil̠ʲuːn̠ʲtʲ/[3] (corresponding to the form tuilliúint)

Noun

tuilleamh m (genitive singular as substantive tuillimh, genitive as verbal noun tuilleata)

  1. verbal noun of tuill
  2. earning
  3. desert, merit
  4. earnings, wages

Declension

As substantive
Declension of tuilleamh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative tuilleamh
vocative a thuillimh
genitive tuillimh
dative tuilleamh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tuilleamh
genitive an tuillimh
dative leis an tuilleamh
don tuilleamh
As verbal noun
Declension of tuilleamh (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative tuilleamh
vocative a thuilleamh
genitive tuilleata
dative tuilleamh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tuilleamh
genitive an tuilleata
dative leis an tuilleamh
don tuilleamh

Derived terms

  • fear tuillimh (“wage-earner”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuilleamh
radical lenition eclipsis
tuilleamh thuilleamh dtuilleamh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tuillem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 301, page 152
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 172 (b), page 75

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