tolltach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish tolltach (“sharp, piercing”).
Adjective
[edit]tolltach (genitive singular masculine tolltaigh, genitive singular feminine tolltaí, plural tolltacha, comparative tolltaí)
Conjugation
[edit]Declension of tolltach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tolltach | tholltach | tolltacha; tholltacha² | |
| Vocative | tholltaigh | tolltacha | ||
| Genitive | tolltaí | tolltacha | tolltach | |
| Dative | tolltach; tholltach¹ |
tholltach; tholltaigh (archaic) |
tolltacha; tholltacha² | |
| Comparative | níos tolltaí | |||
| Superlative | is tolltaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- toll (“pierce”, verb)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tolltach | tholltach | dtolltach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tolltach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Manx tholtan (“ruined house”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tolltach
Related terms
[edit]- toll (“hole, cavity, puncture, hollow”)