timpeall

Irish

Alternative forms

• timcheall (superseded)
• timpall, tímpall (nonstandard)
• tímpeall (nonstandard)
• tiompall, tíompall (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Old Irish timchell, verbal noun of do·imchella (“go around, surround”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiːmˠpˠəl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiːmʲpʲəl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪmʲpʲəl̪ˠ/

Noun

timpeall m (genitive singular timpill, nominative plural timpill)

1. round, circuit; roundabout
2. surrounding, encircling position
3. ambit, precinct
4. (geometry) circumference
5. girth

Declension

Declension of timpeall

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative timpeall timpill Vocative a thimpill a thimpealla Genitive timpill timpeall Dative timpeall timpill

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an timpeall na timpill Genitive an timpill na dtimpeall Dative leis an timpeall don timpeall leis na timpill

Derived terms

• cúrsa timpill
• i dtimpeall
• mórthimpeall
• scaoil timpeall
• timpeall ar
• timpeall is
• timpeallach
• timpeallacht
• timpeallán
• timpeallghearr
• timpeallú
• urthimpeall

 

Adverb

timpeall

1. around, about
2. about, approximately

Synonyms

• (about, approximately): timpeall is

Derived terms

• See Category:Irish phrasal verbs with particle (timpeall)

Preposition

timpeall (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

1. around, about

Synonyms

• (around, about): i dtimpeall, timpeall ar

Interjection

timpeall!

1. (sailing) lee ho!

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
timpeall	thimpeall	dtimpeall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “timchell”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “timċeall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 734
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “timpeall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN