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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish torroma.
Pronunciation
Noun
tórramh m (genitive singular tórraimh, nominative plural tórraimh)
- wake (period after death)
- Synonym: faire
- funeral
- Synonym: sochraid
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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tórramh
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thórramh
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dtórramh
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “tórramh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “torrama”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tórramh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society