Toirdhealbhach
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived From Middle Irish Tairdelbach, from tairdelb (“promotion, furthering”), thus originally a by-name meaning “instigator”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Toirdhealbhach m
- a male given name from Old Irish, often anglicized Turlough or Terence, the latter of which this name shares no etymological relation with.
Descendants[edit]
- → English: Turlough
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Toirdhealbhach | Thoirdhealbhach | dToirdhealbhach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tairdelb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 169