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tomhas

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tomus (“weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, nominative plural tomhais)

  1. verbal noun of tomhais
  2. measure, measuring, measurement, gauge, gauging; size, dimensions, fit; quantity; system of measurement
  3. guess, riddle, conundrum, puzzler

Declension

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Declension of tomhas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tomhas tomhais
Vocative a thomhais a thomhasa
Genitive tomhais tomhas
Dative tomhas tomhais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tomhas na tomhais
Genitive an tomhais na dtomhas
Dative leis an tomhas

don tomhas

leis na tomhais

Alternative declension
Declension of tomhas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tomhas tomhasanna
Vocative a thomhais a thomhasanna
Genitive tomhais tomhasanna
Dative tomhas tomhasanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tomhas na tomhasanna
Genitive an tomhais na dtomhasanna
Dative leis an tomhas

don tomhas

leis na tomhasanna

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tomhas thomhas dtomhas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 42

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tomus (“weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, plural tòimhsean or tomhasan)

  1. verbal noun of tomhais
  2. measurement
  3. dimension, size
    Synonym: meudachd
  4. measure (device)
  5. survey (of land, etc.)
    Synonym: suirbhidh
  6. calculation, computation
  7. guess
    Synonyms: barail, tuairmse

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of tomhas
radical lenition
tomhas thomhas

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

References

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  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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