titim

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish tuitim, from Old Irish tothaimm.

Pronunciation

Noun

titim f (genitive singular titime)

  1. verbal noun of tit
  2. fall (act of falling; period of decline, loss of greatness of status)
Declension
Declension of titim (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative titim
vocative a thitim
genitive titime
dative titim
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an titim
genitive na titime
dative leis an titim
don titim
Derived terms
  • titimeach (falling, tending to fall; caducous, adjective)
  • titimeán m (dropper) (fishing)
  • titimeas m (epilepsy)

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

titim

  1. first-person singular present indicative/imperative of tit

Mutation

Mutated forms of titim
radical lenition eclipsis
titim thitim dtitim

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 49
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 390, page 130