tarmachan
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic tarmachan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tarmachan m (genitive singular tarmachain, nominative plural tarmachain)
Declension edit
Declension of tarmachan
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tarmachan | tharmachan | dtarmachan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, but compare tàrmachadh (“originating, producing”), from Old Irish tórmach.[1] MacBain suggests an imitative base tarm (“murmur”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tarmachan m (genitive singular tarmachain, plural tarmachanan)
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| tarmachan | tharmachan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References edit
- ^ Skeat, W. W. (1882). An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language: Arranged on an Historical Basis. United Kingdom: Clarendon Press, p. 475
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “tàrmachan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN