toghairm

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish togairm, from Proto-Celtic *to-garrman, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r̥-smn̥, from *ǵeh₂r- (“to call, shout”); compare Scottish Gaelic taghairm.

Noun

toghairm f (genitive singular toghairme, nominative plural toghairmeacha)

1. verbal noun of toghair (“to call, summon, invoke”)
2. (law) summons
3. (obsolete) invitation
4. (obsolete) appellation

Declension

Declension of toghairm

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative toghairm toghairma Vocative a thoghairm a thoghairma Genitive toghairme toghairm Dative toghairm toghairma

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an toghairm na toghairma Genitive na toghairme na dtoghairm Dative leis an toghairm don toghairm leis na toghairma

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toghairm	thoghairm	dtoghairm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “toghairm”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “togairm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “toġairm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 739
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toghairm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN