tionlacan

Irish

Alternative forms

• tionnlacan (superseded)

Etymology

An alteration of Middle Irish tinlucun, which was metathesized from Old Irish tindnacol. Doublet of tíolacadh.

Noun

tionlacan m (genitive singular as substantive tionlacain, genitive as verbal noun tionlactha, nominative plural tionlacain)

1. verbal noun of tionlaic
2. accompaniment (music giving support or adding to the background; that which accompanies)
3. escort (group of people who provide safety)
4. (military) convoy

Declension

As a substantive:

Declension of tionlacan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tionlacan tionlacain Vocative a thionlacain a thionlacana Genitive tionlacain tionlacan Dative tionlacan tionlacain

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tionlacan na tionlacain Genitive an tionlacain na dtionlacan Dative leis an tionlacan don tionlacan leis na tionlacain

As a verbal noun:

Declension of tionlacan

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tionlacan Vocative a thionlacan Genitive tionactha Dative tionlacan

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tionlacan Genitive an tionactha Dative leis an tionlacan don tionlacan

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tionlacan	thionlacan	dtionlacan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tionnlacan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tionlacan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN