tomhas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tomus (“weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess”).

Noun

tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, nominative plural tomhais)

  1. verbal noun of tomhais
  2. measure, measuring, measurement, gauge, gauging; size, dimensions, fit; quantity; system of measurement
  3. guess, riddle, conundrum, puzzler

Declension
Declension of tomhas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tomhas tomhais
Vocative a thomhais a thomhasa
Genitive tomhais tomhas
Dative tomhas tomhais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tomhas na tomhais
Genitive an tomhais na dtomhas
Dative leis an tomhas

don tomhas

 leis na tomhais
Alternative declension
Declension of tomhas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tomhas tomhasanna
Vocative a thomhais a thomhasanna
Genitive tomhais tomhasanna
Dative tomhas tomhasanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tomhas na tomhasanna
Genitive an tomhais na dtomhasanna
Dative leis an tomhas

don tomhas

 leis na tomhasanna

Derived terms
  • as tomhas (“by guess(-work)”)
  • balún tomhais (“sounding-balloon”)
  • brat ar thomhas an urláir (“fitted carpet”)
  • cailpéar tomhais (“calliper gauge”)
  • cluiche tomhais focal (“charade”)
  • den tomhas beacht (“full-size”)
  • droichead tomhais (“measuring bridge”)
  • gan tomhas (“unfathomed, unmeasured”)
  • gloine tomhais (“measuring-glass”)
  • léaráid thomhas (“dimensioned sketch”)
  • ribín tomhais (“tape-measure”)
  • roth tomhais (“trundle-wheel”)
  • scálaí tomhais (“(pair of) scales”)
  • slabhra tomhais (“measuring-chain”)
  • slat tomhais (“criterion, touchstone, yard-stick”)
  • tomhais innill (“dimensional figures”)
  • tomhas a chur ar dhuine (“to ask someone a riddle”)
  • tomhas ama (“timing”)
  • tomhas beacht (“exact measure”)
  • tomhas biotáille (“a measure of spirits”)
  • tomhas cearnógach (“square measure”)
  • tomhas ceart (“honest weight”)
  • tomhas ciúbach (“cubic measure”)
  • tomhas corr (“bastard size”)
  • tomhas cró (“bore”)
  • tomhas cruánach (“solid measure”)
  • tomhas faid (“linear measure”)
  • tomhas gann (“short measure”)
  • tomhas láimhe (“hand measurement”)
  • tomhas lamháltais (“limit gauge”)
  • tomhas leachta (“liquid measure”)
  • tomhas leithead ráille (“track-gauge”)
  • tomhas líneach (“linear measure”)
  • tomhas míreanna mearaí (“jig-saw puzzle”)
  • tomhas sleamhnáin (“slide gauge”)
  • tomhas sorcóireach (“cylindrical gauge, plug gauge”)
  • tomhas tiúis (“thickness-gauge, feeler-gauge”)

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tomus (“weighing, measuring; considering; measure, quantity, amount; metre, poetry; riddle, guess”).

Noun

tomhas m (genitive singular tomhais, plural tòimhsean or tomhasan)

  1. verbal noun of tomhais
  2. measurement
  3. dimension, size
    Synonym: meudachd
  4. measure (device)
  5. survey (of land, etc.)
    Synonym: suirbhidh
  6. calculation, computation
  7. guess
    Synonyms: barail, tuairmse

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
tomhasthomhas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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