taom
See also: ta¹ øm⁵
Irish
Etymology
Uncertain; already in Middle Irish confused with teidhm and may have originated as a by-form of it.
Pronunciation
Noun
taom m (genitive singular taoma, nominative plural taomanna)
- attack (sudden onset of a disease)
- fit, seizure (sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom; sudden attack or convulsion)
- Synonym: gabhlán
- fit, seizure, paroxysm (sudden outburst of emotion), spasm (sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion)
- bout (of an illness)
- (chiefly in the negative) scrap, least particle
Declension
Declension of taom
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| taom | thaom | dtaom |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “taom” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “taem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “taom” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 718.
- "taom" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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