tolladh

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish tollad, verbal noun of tollaid (pierces; penetrates). By surface analysis, toll +‎ -adh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tolladh m (genitive singular tollta, nominative plural tolltaí)

  1. verbal noun of toll
  2. boring, perforation
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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tolladh

  1. inflection of toll:
    1. autonomous past indicative
    2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tolladh tholladh dtolladh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tollad, verbal noun of tollaid (pierces; penetrates). By surface analysis, toll +‎ -adh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tolladh m (genitive singular tollaidh, plural tollaidhean)

  1. verbal noun of toll
  2. perforation, act of boring, piercing or perforating
  3. digging of holes or pits
  4. edging in

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tolladh tholladh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “tolladh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tollad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language