togairm

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ gairm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈto.ɣərʲmʲ/, [ˈtoɣɨrʲmʲ]

Noun

togairm n (nominative plural togarmand)

  1. verbal noun of do·gair: calling
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 102d17
      Amal ru·soírtha-som hi Sleib Sina tri togairm n-anmae Dæ ⁊ árim a degmaine nó amal ro·[so]írtha i n-Egipt, síc ro·soírtha in Machabdi húa Día dinaib imnedaib hi·robatar.
      As they were saved on Mount Sinai through calling on the name of God and enumerating His benefits, or as they were delivered in Egypt; so the Macabees were delivered by God from the troubles that they were in.

Inflection

Neuter n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative togairmN togairmN togarmanL
vocative togairmN togairmN togarmanL
accusative togairmN togairmN togarmanL
genitive togarmae togarmanN togarmanN
dative togarmaimL togarmanaib togarmanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: toghairm
  • Scottish Gaelic: taghairm

Mutation

Mutation of togairm
radical lenition nasalization
togairm thogairm togairm
pronounced with /d-/

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

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