tolladh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tollad, verbal noun of tollaid (“to pierce, penetrate”).[1] By surface analysis, toll +‎ -adh.

Pronunciation

Noun

tolladh m (genitive singular tollta, nominative plural tolltaí)

  1. verbal noun of toll
  2. boring, perforation
Declension
Declension of tolladh (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative tolladh tolltaí
vocative a tholladh a tholltaí
genitive tollta tolltaí
dative tolladh tolltaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an tolladh na tolltaí
genitive an tollta na dtolltaí
dative leis an tolladh
don tolladh 		leis na tolltaí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tolladh

  1. inflection of toll:
    1. autonomous past indicative
    2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of tolladh
radical lenition eclipsis
tolladh tholladh dtolladh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tollad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 454, page 147

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tollad, verbal noun of tollaid (“pierces; penetrates”). By surface analysis, toll +‎ -adh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɔl̪ˠəɣ/

Noun

tolladh m (genitive singular tollaidh, plural tollaidhean)

  1. verbal noun of toll
  2. perforation, act of boring, piercing or perforating
  3. digging of holes or pits
  4. edging in

Mutation

Mutation of tolladh
radical lenition
tolladh tholladh

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “tolladh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tollad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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