tearmann

See also: tèarmann

Irish

Alternative forms

  • tearmainn f

Etymology

From Middle Irish termonn (“sanctuary, boundary”), from Latin terminus.[1] Doublet of téarma.

Noun

tearmann m (genitive singular tearmainn, nominative plural tearmainn)

  1. (historical) termon, glebe, glebe-land
  2. sanctuary
    tearmann éan ― bird sanctuary
    tearmann a ghlacadh ― to take sanctuary
  3. refuge, safe haven, asylum
  4. protection

Declension

Declension of tearmann (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tearmann tearmainn
vocative a thearmainn a thearmanna
genitive tearmainn tearmann
dative tearmann tearmainn
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tearmann na tearmainn
genitive an tearmainn na dtearmann
dative leis an tearmann
don tearmann 		leis na tearmainn

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ar thearmann (“under the protection of”)
  • faoi thearmann (“under the protection of”)
  • tearmannach (“tenant of a termon”)
  • tearmannaigh (“give sanctuary”)

Descendants

  • → English: termon
  • → Scottish Gaelic: tèarmann

Mutation

Mutated forms of tearmann
radical lenition eclipsis
tearmann thearmann dtearmann

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), “termonn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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