tempul

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin templum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʲempul]

Noun

tempul m (genitive tempuil)

1. temple
2. church

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tempul.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	tempul	tempulL	tempuilL
Vocative	tempuil	tempulL	templuH
Accusative	tempulN	tempulL	templuH
Genitive	tempuilL	tempul	tempulN
Dative	tempulL	templaib	templaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: teampall
• Manx: çhiamble
• Scottish Gaelic: teampall

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tempul	thempul	tempul pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tempul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language