tearmann - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle Irish termonn (“sanctuary, boundary”), from Latin terminus. Doublet of téarma.
tearmann m (genitive singular tearmainn, nominative plural tearmainn)
- (historical) termon, glebe, glebe-land
- sanctuary
- téarmann éan ― bird sanctuary
- tearmann a ghlacadh ― to take sanctuary
- refuge, safe haven, asylum
- protection
- ar thearmann (“under the protection of”)
- faoi thearmann (“under the protection of”)
- tearmannach (“tenant of a termon”)
- tearmannaigh (“give sanctuary”)
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tearmann | thearmann | dtearmann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “termonn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tearmann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 727
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tearmann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN