túailnge
Old Irish
Etymology
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
Usage notes
Used only in the genitive, in the expression is túailnge (“is able, potent”, literally “is of the ability, capability”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | túailngeL | — | — |
| vocative | túailngeL | — | — |
| accusative | túailngiN | — | — |
| genitive | túailnge | — | — |
| dative | túailngiL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
- Irish: tuailnge
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| túailnge | thúailnge | túailnge pronounced with /d-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túailnge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language