tarmachan
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic tarmachan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɾəmˠəxənˠ/
Noun
tarmachan m (genitive singular tarmachain, nominative plural tarmachain)
- ptarmigan
Declension
Declension of tarmachan
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tarmachan | tharmachan | dtarmachan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Unknown, but compare tàrmachadh (“originating, producing”), from Old Irish tórmach.[1] MacBain suggests an imitative base tarm (“murmur”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰaɾaməxan/
Noun
tarmachan m (genitive singular tarmachain, plural tarmachanan)
- ptarmigan
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
tarmachan | tharmachan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Skeat, W. W. (1882). An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language: Arranged on an Historical Basis. United Kingdom: Clarendon Press, p. 475
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “tàrmachan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN