tiompán

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tympanum.

Noun

tiompán m (genitive singular tiompáin, nominative plural tiompáin)

  1. tympan, drum
  2. (literary) metal-stringed instrument of harp kind
  3. timbrel, tambourine
  4. kettledrum
    Synonym: citealdruma
  5. hollow
  6. hump
  7. (geography) deep, sheltered cove

Declension

Declension of tiompán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tiompán tiompáin
vocative a thiompáin a thiompána
genitive tiompáin tiompán
dative tiompán tiompáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tiompán na tiompáin
genitive an tiompáin na dtiompán
dative leis an tiompán
don tiompán
leis na tiompáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tiompán
radical lenition eclipsis
tiompán thiompán dtiompán

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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