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tomhas

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tomus (“weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, nominative plural tomhais)

  1. verbal noun of tomhais
  2. measure, measuring, measurement, gauge, gauging; size, dimensions, fit; quantity; system of measurement
  3. guess, riddle, conundrum, puzzler

Declension

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Declension of tomhas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tomhas tomhais
vocative a thomhais a thomhasa
genitive tomhais tomhas
dative tomhas tomhais
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tomhas na tomhais
genitive an tomhais na dtomhas
dative leis an tomhas
don tomhas 		leis na tomhais
Alternative declension
Declension of tomhas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tomhas tomhasanna
vocative a thomhais a thomhasanna
genitive tomhais tomhasanna
dative tomhas tomhasanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tomhas na tomhasanna
genitive an tomhais na dtomhasanna
dative leis an tomhas
don tomhas 		leis na tomhasanna

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of tomhas
radical lenition eclipsis
tomhas thomhas dtomhas

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 42

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tomus (“weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, plural tòimhsean or tomhasan)

  1. verbal noun of tomhais
  2. measurement
  3. dimension, size
    Synonym: meudachd
  4. measure (device)
  5. survey (of land, etc.)
    Synonym: suirbhidh
  6. calculation, computation
  7. guess
    Synonyms: barail, tuairmse

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of tomhas
radical lenition
tomhas thomhas

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

References

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  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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