Toirdhealbhach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • Traolach, Tárlach

Etymology

Derived From Middle Irish Tairdelbach, from tairdelb (“promotion, furthering”), thus originally a by-name meaning “instigator”.

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɾʲɛl̪ˠax/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːɾˠl̪ˠa(x)/[1]

Proper noun

Toirdhealbhach m (genitive Thoirdhealbhaigh)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, often anglicized Turlough or Terence, the latter of which this name shares no etymological relation with.

Declension

Declension of Toirdhealbhach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Toirdhealbhach
vocative a Thoirdhealbhaigh
genitive Toirdhealbhaigh
dative Toirdhealbhach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Toirdhealbhach
genitive an Toirdhealbhaigh
dative leis an Toirdhealbhach
don Toirdhealbhach

Descendants

  • → English: Turlough

Mutation

Mutated forms of Toirdhealbhach
radical lenition eclipsis
Toirdhealbhach Thoirdhealbhach dToirdhealbhach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 197, page 75

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tairdelb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 169
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