timpeallach

Irish

Etymology

From timpeall (“round, circuit; roundabout; surrounding, encircling position; circumference, girth”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

timpeallach (genitive singular masculine timpeallaigh, genitive singular feminine timpeallaí, plural timpeallacha, comparative timpeallaí)

  1. roundabout, circuitous
  2. ambient, surrounding
  3. large of girth

Declension

Declension of timpeallach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative timpeallach thimpeallach timpeallacha;
thimpeallacha2
vocative thimpeallaigh timpeallacha
genitive timpeallaí timpeallacha timpeallach
dative timpeallach;
thimpeallach1 		thimpeallach;
thimpeallaigh (archaic) 		timpeallacha;
thimpeallacha2
Comparative níos timpeallaí
Superlative is timpeallaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • timpeallacht f (“surroundings, environment, milieu; entourage”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of timpeallach
radical lenition eclipsis
timpeallach thimpeallach dtimpeallach

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

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