tarathar

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *taratrom.

Noun

tarathar n

1. auger

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	taratharN	taratharN	taratharL, tarathra
Vocative	taratharN	taratharN	taratharL, tarathra
Accusative	taratharN	taratharN	taratharL, tarathra
Genitive	tarathairL	tarathar	taratharN
Dative	taratharL	tarathraib	tarathraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: tarathar
• Manx: tarrar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tarathair	tharathair	tarathair pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tarathar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language