triomach

Irish

Alternative forms

• tiormach, tiormacht, tiormlach, triomacht

Etymology

From Middle Irish tirmach. By surface analysis, tirim +‎ -ach with syncope of the first i.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲʊməx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲɪməx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲɪma(h)/

Noun

triomach m (genitive singular triomaigh)

1. drought

   Tá triomach san Astráil. ― There’s a drought in Australia.

Declension

Declension of triomach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative triomach Vocative a thriomaigh Genitive triomaigh Dative triomach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an triomach Genitive an triomaigh Dative leis an triomach don triomach

Derived terms

• triomachánaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
triomach	thriomach	dtriomach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “triomach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tírmach, tirmach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “triomach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tiormaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 736
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tiormaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tiormaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “tiormlaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “triomach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “triomach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024