tiocfaidh

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • (Munster) IPA(key): (before a subject pronoun) /ˈt̪ˠʊkə/, (elsewhere) /ˈt̪ˠʊkɪɟ/[1] (as if spelled tucfaidh)
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈtʲʊkə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): (before a subject pronoun) /ˈtʲʊkə/, (elsewhere) /ˈtʲʊkiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): (before a subject pronoun) /ˈtʲɨ̞kə/, (elsewhere) /ˈtʲɨ̞ki/[2]

Verb

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tiocfaidh

  1. analytic future of tar
    Tiocfaidh ár lá.
    Our day will come.

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tiocfaidh thiocfaidh dtiocfaidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 36, page 20
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 131, page 51