toirsech
Old Irish
Etymology
From toirse + -ach
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtor͈ʲsʲex/
Adjective
toirsech
- mournful, sorrowful
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 29d19
- Ná ba thoirsech cía béo-sa hi carcair.
- Do not be mournful even though I am in prison.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 29d19
Declension
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | toirsech | toirsech | toirsech |
| Vocative | toirsig* toirsech** | ||
| Accusative | toirsech | toirsig | |
| Genitive | toirsig | toirsige | toirsig |
| Dative | toirsech | toirsig | toirsech |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | toirsig | toirsecha | |
| Vocative | toirsechu toirsecha† | ||
| Accusative | toirsechu toirsecha† | ||
| Genitive | toirsech | ||
| Dative | toirsechaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Descendants
- Irish: tuirseach (“tired, weary”)
- Scottish Gaelic: tùirseach
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| toirsech | thoirsech | toirsech pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “toirsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language