tórramh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish torroma.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠəvˠ/
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔːɾˠu/

Noun

tórramh m (genitive singular tórraimh, nominative plural tórraimh)

wake (period after death)
Synonym: faire
funeral
Synonym: sochraid

Declension

Declension of tórramh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tórramh	tórraimh
Vocative	a thórraimh	a thórramha
Genitive	tórraimh	tórramh
Dative	tórramh	tórraimh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tórramh	na tórraimh
Genitive	an tórraimh	na dtórramh
Dative	leis an tórramh don tórramh	leis na tórraimh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tórramh	thórramh	dtórramh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“tórramh” 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), “torrama”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“tórramh” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page .

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