toirnéis

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠoːɾˠˈn̠ʲeːʃ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠn̠ʲeːʃ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtɔːɾˠn̠ʲæʃ/[1]

Noun

toirnéis f (genitive singular toirnéise)

  1. noise, clank
  2. commotion

Declension

Declension of toirnéis (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative toirnéis
vocative a thoirnéis
genitive toirnéise
dative toirnéis
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an toirnéis
genitive na toirnéise
dative leis an toirnéis
don toirnéis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of toirnéis
radical lenition eclipsis
toirnéis thoirnéis dtoirnéis

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 20, page 10

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