tiomnadh

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish timne (command, precept, will, testament) (compare Irish tiomna, Manx çhymney), verbal noun of do·immna (commits, entrusts, bequeaths, enjoins, commands).

Pronunciation

Noun

tiomnadh m (genitive singular tiomnaidh, plural tiomnaidhean)

  1. will, testament
  2. bequest

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of tiomnadh
radical lenition
tiomnadh thiomnadh

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