tuilleamaí

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Univerbation of tuilleamh buí, literally “earning thanks”, from Old Irish tuillem buide (“currying favor, adultation”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

tuilleamaí m (genitive singular tuilleamaí)

  1. dependence (chiefly but not exclusively in the phrase i dtuilleamaí)

Declension

Declension of tuilleamaí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative tuilleamaí
vocative a thuilleamaí
genitive tuilleamaí
dative tuilleamaí
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an tuilleamaí
genitive an tuilleamaí
dative leis an tuilleamaí
don tuilleamaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tuilleamaí
radical lenition eclipsis
tuilleamaí thuilleamaí dtuilleamaí

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tuillem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 294, page 104

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