See also: Tiomnadh

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish timne (command, precept, will, testament) (compare Irish tiomna, Manx çhymney), verbal noun of do·immna (commits, entrusts, bequeaths, enjoins, commands).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tiomnadh m (genitive singular tiomnaidh, plural tiomnaidhean)

  1. will, testament
  2. bequest

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tiomnadh thiomnadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap