tolltach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tolltach (“sharp, piercing”).

Adjective

tolltach (genitive singular masculine tolltaigh, genitive singular feminine tolltaí, plural tolltacha, comparative tolltaí)

1. piercing, penetrating

Conjugation

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.

Mutation

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.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Compare Manx tholtan (“ruined house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰɔuɫ̪t̪ʰəx/

Adjective

tolltach

1. full of holes

Related terms

• toll (“hole, cavity, puncture, hollow”)