tuilleamaí

Irish

Alternative forms
  • tuilleamaidhe, tuilleamaighe, tuilleamuidhe, tuilleamuighe (superseded)
  • tuilleamh buí
  • tuilleamh mbuidhe (archaic)

Etymology

Univerbation of tuilleamh buí, literally “earning thanks”, from Old Irish tuillem buide (“currying favor, adultation”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɪl̠ʲəmˠiː/[2] (as if spelled tilleamaí)

Noun

tuilleamaí m (genitive singular tuilleamaí)

  1. dependence (chiefly but not exclusively in the phrase i dtuilleamaí)

Declension
Declension of tuilleamaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative tuilleamaí
Vocative a thuilleamaí
Genitive tuilleamaí
Dative tuilleamaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an tuilleamaí
Genitive an tuilleamaí
Dative leis an tuilleamaí

don tuilleamaí

Derived terms

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tuillem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 294, page 104

Further reading
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