tubaiste

Irish

Alternative forms

• tubaist, tubáiste

Etymology

From Middle Irish tubaiste, from Middle English tempest (“tempest, commotion”), from Old French tempeste (“storm”), from Latin tempestās. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic tubaist. Doublet of timpiste.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠəˈbˠɑːʃtʲə/ (corresponding to the form tubáiste)

Noun

tubaiste f (genitive singular tubaiste, nominative plural tubaistí)

1. calamity, disaster, tragedy
2. genitive singular of tubaist

Declension

Declension of tubaiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tubaiste tubaistí Vocative a thubaiste a thubaistí Genitive tubaiste tubaistí Dative tubaiste tubaistí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tubaiste na tubaistí Genitive na tubaiste na dtubaistí Dative leis an tubaiste don tubaiste leis na tubaistí

Derived terms

• tubaisteach (“calamitous, disastrous, tragic”, adjective)
• tubaisteoir (“unfortunate person; dangerous bungler; mischief-maker”)
• tubaiste nádúrtha (“natural disaster”)
• tubaisteoireacht, tubaistíocht (“dangerous bungling; mischief-making”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tubaiste	thubaiste	dtubaiste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tubaist(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tubaiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tubaiste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tubaiste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

tubaiste

1. genitive singular of tubaist

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
tubaiste	thubaiste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.