timpeallacht
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From timpeall (“round, circuit; roundabout; surrounding, encircling position”) + -acht.
Noun edit
timpeallacht f (genitive singular timpeallachta)
- surroundings, environment, milieu
- entourage
- Synonyms: comhluadar, cuideachta, lucht coimhdeachta
Declension edit
Declension of timpeallacht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms edit
- timpeallach (“roundabout, circuitous; ambient, surrounding; large of girth”, adjective)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
timpeallacht | thimpeallacht | dtimpeallacht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “timpeallacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “timpeallacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “timpeallacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.