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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish tomus (“weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, nominative plural tomhais)
- verbal noun of tomhais
- measure, measuring, measurement, gauge, gauging; size, dimensions, fit; quantity; system of measurement
- guess, riddle, conundrum, puzzler
Declension
- Alternative declension
Derived terms
Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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dtomhas
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References
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish tomus (“weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess”).
Noun
tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, plural tòimhsean or tomhasan)
- verbal noun of tomhais
- measurement
- dimension, size
- Synonym: meudachd
- measure (device)
- survey (of land, etc.)
- Synonym: suirbhidh
- calculation, computation
- guess
- Synonyms: barail, tuairmse
Derived terms
Mutation
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Lenition
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thomhas
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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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