Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish toirnech,[2] a derivative of Old Irish torann, from Proto-Celtic *toranos.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠhnʲəx/ (corresponding to the form tóirthneach)[3]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠauɾʲn̠ʲəx/, /ˈt̪ˠauɾˠn̠ʲəx/, /ˈt̪ˠɞɾʲn̠ʲəx/[4]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːɾˠn̠ʲa(x)/ (corresponding to the form tairneach)[5]
Noun
toirneach f (genitive singular toirní, nominative plural toirneacha)
- thunder
- thunderclap
Declension
Declension of toirneach (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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toirneach
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toirneacha
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| vocative
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a thoirneach
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a thoirneacha
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| genitive
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toirní
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toirneach
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| dative
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toirneach
toirnigh (archaic, dialectal)
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toirneacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an toirneach
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na toirneacha
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| genitive
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na toirní
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na dtoirneach
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| dative
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leis an toirneach
leis an toirnigh (archaic, dialectal)
don toirneach
don toirnigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na toirneacha
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Mutation
Mutated forms of toirneach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| toirneach
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thoirneach
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dtoirneach
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “toirneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 toirnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 237
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 20, page 10
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