tamarain

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

tamarain f (genitive singular tamaraine)

1. tamarind

   Synonym: tor tamaraine (tree)

Declension

Declension of tamarain (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative tamarain vocative a thamarain genitive tamaraine dative tamarain forms with the definite article singular nominative an tamarain genitive na tamaraine dative leis an tamarain don tamarain

Derived terms

• leafaos tamaraine (“tamarind paste”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tamarain

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tamarain	thamarain	dtamarain

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “tamarind”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “tamarain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm