tocbál
Old Irish
Etymology
From to- + uss- + gabál.[1]
Noun
tocbál f (genitive tocbále)
- raising, lifting
- c. 815–840, published in "The Monastery of Tallaght", in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1911-1912, Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Edward J. Gwynn and Walter J. Purton, vol. 29, pp. 115–179, paragraph 75,
- Iss ed as·pered Máolrúaoin oca aurail do neuch fair-siom guidhi dé laisiom & tócbale soscéli fris.
- This is what Maelruain used to say when anyone enjoined on him to pray God for him, and to lift up the Gospels towards him.
- c. 815–840, published in "The Monastery of Tallaght", in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1911-1912, Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Edward J. Gwynn and Walter J. Purton, vol. 29, pp. 115–179, paragraph 75,
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | tocbálL | — | — |
Vocative | tocbálL | — | — |
Accusative | tocbáilN | — | — |
Genitive | tocbálaeH | — | — |
Dative | tocbáilL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: tócbáil
- Irish: tógáil
- Scottish Gaelic: togail
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
tocbál | thocbál | tocbál pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 210
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tócbáil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language