túailnge
Old Irish
Etymology
From túalaing + -e
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtuːa̯lʲŋʲe/
Noun
túailnge f
- ability, capability
- 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. 17b5
- Ammi túailṅge ar mbréthre.
- We are potent in our word.
- (literally, “We are of the ability of our word.”)
- 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. 17b5
Declension
| Feminine iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | túailngeL | — | — |
| Vocative | túailngeL | — | — |
| Accusative | túailngiN | — | — |
| Genitive | túailnge | — | — |
| Dative | túailngiL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Usage notes
Used only in the genitive, in the expression is túailnge (“is able, potent”, literally “is of the ability, capability”)
Descendants
- Irish: tuailnge
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| túailnge | thúailnge | túailnge pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “túailnge”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN