timcheall

Irish

Noun

timcheall m (genitive singular timchill, nominative plural timchill)

  1. obsolete spelling of timpeall

Declension

Declension of timcheall (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative timcheall timchill
vocative a thimchill a thimchealla
genitive timchill timcheall
dative timcheall timchill
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an timcheall na timchill
genitive an timchill na dtimcheall
dative leis an timcheall
don timcheall 		leis na timchill

Preposition

timcheall (plus genitive, triggers no mutation)

  1. obsolete spelling of timpeall

Interjection

timcheall!

  1. obsolete spelling of timpeall!

Mutation

Mutated forms of timcheall
radical lenition eclipsis
timcheall thimcheall dtimcheall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish timchell, verbal noun of do·imchella (“go around, surround”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲʰiˈmĩçəl̪ˠ/[1], /ˈtʃʰimĩçəl̪ˠ/[2]

Preposition

timcheall (+ genitive)

  1. round, around, about
    Synonym: mun cuairt

Usage notes

  • Followed by the genitive case or the preposition air:
    timcheall an locha ― around the lake
    timcheall air an teine ― around the fire

Derived terms

Adverb

timcheall

  1. round, around, about
    Synonym: mun cuairt

Mutation

Mutation of timcheall
radical lenition
timcheall thimcheall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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