timpeall

== Irish == === Alternative forms === thimpeall (adverb/preposition with lexicalized lenition) timcheall (superseded) timpall, tímpall, tímpeall, tiompall, tíompall (nonstandard) === Etymology === From Old Irish timchell, verbal noun of do·imchella (“go around, surround”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲiːmʲpˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈtʲiːmˠpˠəl̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form tímpall), /ˈhaimʲpˠəl̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form thimpeall) (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈtʲimʲpʲəl̪ˠ/, /ˈtʲimʲpʲəlˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠimʲpʲəl̪ˠ/, /ˈtʲiːmˠpˠəl̪ˠ/, /ˈhimʲpˠəl̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form thimpeall) (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲimʲpʲiəl̪ˠ/, /ˈtʲɨmʲpʲəl̪ˠ/ === Noun === timpeall m (genitive singular timpill, nominative plural timpill) round, circuit; roundabout surrounding, encircling position ambit, precinct (geometry) circumference girth ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Adverb === timpeall around, about about, approximately ==== Synonyms ==== (about, approximately): timpeall is ==== Derived terms ==== See Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "timpeall" === Preposition === timpeall (plus genitive, triggers no mutation) around, about ==== Synonyms ==== (around, about): i dtimpeall, timpeall ar === Interjection === timpeall! (sailing) lee ho! === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “timċeall”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 734 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “timpeall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN