toirchiú

Irish

Noun

toirchiú m (genitive singular toirchithe)

1. verbal noun of toirchigh (“make pregnant, fecundate; fertilize, impregnate”)
2. fecundation, fertilization, impregnation

Declension

Declension of toirchiú

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative toirchiú Vocative a thoirchiú Genitive toirchithe Dative toirchiú

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an toirchiú Genitive an toirchithe Dative leis an toirchiú don toirchiú

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toirchiú	thoirchiú	dtoirchiú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “toirchiú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “toirchiú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toirchiú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN