támh

See also: tàmh

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster, Galway) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɑːvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɑːw/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠæːw/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tám (“plague; swoon”)

Noun

támh f (genitive singular táimhe, nominative plural támha)

  1. trance, swoon
    • 1894 March 1, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Nuair a chualaidh an rí seo, ghlac sé támh ⁊ thuit sé marbh ar an talamh.
      When the king heard this, he went into a swoon and fell dead upon the ground.
  2. (literary) plague
Declension
Declension of támh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative támh támha
Vocative a thámh a thámha
Genitive táimhe támh
Dative támh
táimh (archaic, dialectal)		 támha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an támh na támha
Genitive na táimhe na dtámh
Dative leis an támh
leis an táimh (archaic, dialectal)

don támh
don táimh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na támha

Etymology 2

Contraction of taitheamh due to confusion with etymology 1.

Noun

támh m (genitive singular táimh)

  1. (archaic, literary) rest, sleep
Declension
Declension of támh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative támh
Vocative a tháimh
Genitive táimh
Dative támh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an támh
Genitive an táimh
Dative leis an támh

don támh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
támh thámh dtámh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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