tempul

Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin templum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɛmpʊl/
• Rhymes: -ɛmpʊl

Noun

tempul n (genitive singular tempuls, plural tempul)

1. temple
2. church

Declension

n13	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tempul	templið	tempul	templini
accusative	tempul	templið	tempul	templini
dative	templi	templinum	templum	templunum
genitive	tempuls	tempulsins	templa	templanna

Further reading

• "tempul" at Sprotin.fo

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin templum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʲempul]

Noun

tempul m (genitive tempuil)

1. temple
2. church

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tempul.

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	tempul	tempulL	tempuilL
vocative	tempuil	tempulL	templuH
accusative	tempulN	tempulL	templuH
genitive	tempuilL	tempul	tempulN
dative	tempulL	templaib	templaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: teampall
• Manx: çhiamble
• Scottish Gaelic: teampall

Mutation

Mutation of tempul

radical	lenition	nasalization
tempul	thempul	tempul pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tempul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language