tiug

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tegus, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus. Cognates include Welsh tew and English thick.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʲiu̯ɣ/

Adjective

tiug (comparative tigiu)

  1. thick

Declension

u-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative tiug tiug tiug
vocative tiug
accusative tiug tig
genitive tig tiugae tig
dative tiug tig tiug
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative tiugai tiugai
vocative tiugai
accusative tiugai
genitive *
dative tiugaib

*not attested in Old Irish; same as nominative singular masculine in Middle Irish

Descendants

  • Irish: tiubh
  • Manx: çhiu
  • Scottish Gaelic: tiugh

Mutation

Mutation of tiug
radical lenition nasalization
tiug thiug tiug
pronounced with /dʲ-/

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

Further reading

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