tionchar

tionchar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish tinchor (“contribution”), from Old Irish to- + in- + cor.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲʊŋxəɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɤŋxəɾˠ/

Noun

tionchar m (genitive singular tionchair, nominative plural tionchair)

1. influence, impact (significant or strong influence)
   • 2007 February 8, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, “Sláinte”, in Irish Aid‎, retrieved 2012-10-02:

     Is ar na bochtáin, go háirithe i dtíortha ina bhfuil daoine ar ioncam íseal, atá an t-ualach is mó maidir le breoiteacht agus le drochshláinte, agus is acusan atá an rochtain is lú ar sheirbhísí cúraim shláinte agus is lú atá in ann déileáil le tionchar an tinnis agus teacht as.

     The poor, and especially those in low-income countries, bear the highest burden of sickness and ill health, have the least access to health care services, and are least equipped to cope with and recover from the impact of illness. (original from which above was translated)

Declension

Declension of tionchar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tionchar tionchair Vocative a thionchair a thionchara Genitive tionchair tionchar Dative tionchar tionchair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tionchar na tionchair Genitive an tionchair na dtionchar Dative leis an tionchar don tionchar leis na tionchair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tionchar	thionchar	dtionchar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “tinchor, tincor” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “tionchar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "tionchar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.