turgnamh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish turgnam, from Proto-Celtic *to- + *ɸare- + *uɸo- + *gnīmus (compare *gniyeti).

Noun

turgnamh m (genitive singular turgnaimh, nominative plural turgnaimh)

1. (scientific) experiment

Declension

Declension of turgnamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative turgnamh turgnaimh Vocative a thurgnaimh a thurgnamha Genitive turgnaimh turgnamh Dative turgnamh turgnaimh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an turgnamh na turgnaimh Genitive an turgnaimh na dturgnamh Dative leis an turgnamh don turgnamh leis na turgnaimh

Derived terms

• turgnamhach (“experimental, empirical”)
• turgnamhacht (“empiricism”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
turgnamh	thurgnamh	dturgnamh
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), “turgnam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “turgnamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN