tuilleamh

Irish

Alternative forms

• tuilleachtaint, tuilliúint, tuillmheadh

Etymology

From tuill +‎ -amh.

Noun

tuilleamh m (genitive singular as substantive tuillimh, genitive as verbal noun tuilleata)

1. verbal noun of tuill
2. earning
3. desert, merit
4. earnings, wages

Declension

As substantive

Declension of tuilleamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tuilleamh Vocative a thuillimh Genitive tuillimh Dative tuilleamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tuilleamh Genitive an tuillimh Dative leis an tuilleamh don tuilleamh

As verbal noun

Declension of tuilleamh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative tuilleamh Vocative a thuilleamh Genitive tuilleata Dative tuilleamh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tuilleamh Genitive an tuilleata Dative leis an tuilleamh don tuilleamh

Derived terms

• fear tuillimh (“wage-earner”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tuilleamh	thuilleamh	dtuilleamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tuilleamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN