torgabál

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• targabál

Etymology

From to- +‎ ro- +‎ gabál.

Noun

torgabál f (genitive torgabále or targabálae, nominative plural torgabála or targabála)

1. verbal noun of do·rogaib: transgression, sin, crime
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 138^b7

     .i. cia du·logae doib a n-uili torgabala ón

     i.e. that is, although You sg forgive them all their transgressions.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	torgabálL	torgabáilL	torgabálaH
Vocative	torgabálL	torgabáilL	torgabálaH
Accusative	torgabáilN	torgabáilL	torgabálaH
Genitive	torgabálaeH	torgabálL	torgabálN
Dative	torgabáilL	torgabálaib	torgabálaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
torgabál	thorgabál	torgabál 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), “targabál, torgabál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language