tempul

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin templum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtʲempul]

Noun

tempul m (genitive tempuil)

  1. temple
  2. church

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tempul.

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tempul tempulL tempuilL
Vocative tempuil tempulL templuH
Accusative tempulN tempulL templuH
Genitive tempuilL tempul tempulN
Dative tempulL templaib templaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Irish: teampall
  • Manx: çhiamble
  • Scottish Gaelic: teampall

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
tempul thempul tempul
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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