tormán

See also: torman

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish tormán; compare Scottish Gaelic torman. By surface analysis, toirm +‎ -án.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠəmˠanˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠaɾˠəmˠan̪ˠ/[1] (as if spelled tarmán)

Noun

tormán m (genitive singular tormáin, nominative plural tormáin)

  1. noise, roar (loud resounding noise), rumble (low, heavy, continuous sound), thunder (deep, rumbling noise), boom (low-pitched, resonant sound)

Declension
Declension of tormán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tormán tormáin
Vocative a thormáin a thormána
Genitive tormáin tormán
Dative tormán tormáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tormán na tormáin
Genitive an tormáin na dtormán
Dative leis an tormán

don tormán

 leis na tormáin

Derived terms
  • toit agus tormán (“something of no account, sound and fury”)
  • tormán sonach (“sonic boom”)

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54

Further reading
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