tógáil

See also: togail

Irish

Alternative forms

tógbháil (obsolete)
tóigeáil (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Middle Irish tócbáil, verbal noun of do·fócaib (“lifts up, raises”). Synchronically analyzable as tóg +‎ -áil, but etymologically tóg is a back-formation from tógáil.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠoːˈɡɑːlʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɡɑːlʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔːɡælʲ/

Noun

tógáil f (genitive singular tógála, nominative plural tógálacha)

verbal noun of tóg
lifting
construction

Declension

Declension of tógáil

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tógáil	tógálacha
Vocative	a thógáil	a thógálacha
Genitive	tógála	tógálacha
Dative	tógáil	tógálacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tógáil	na tógálacha
Genitive	na tógála	na dtógálacha
Dative	leis an tógáil don tógáil	leis na tógálacha

Derived terms

comhla thógála (“trap-door”)
droichead tógála (“drawbridge”)
tógáil droichead (“bridgebuilding”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tógáil	thógáil	dtógáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.