tolltach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tolltach (“sharp, piercing”).

Adjective

tolltach (genitive singular masculine tolltaigh, genitive singular feminine tolltaí, plural tolltacha, comparative tolltaí)

  1. piercing, penetrating

Conjugation

Declension of tolltach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative tolltach tholltach tolltacha;
tholltacha2
vocative tholltaigh tolltacha
genitive tolltaí tolltacha tolltach
dative tolltach;
tholltach1 		tholltach;
tholltaigh (archaic) 		tolltacha;
tholltacha2
Comparative níos tolltaí
Superlative is tolltaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • toll (“pierce”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tolltach
radical lenition eclipsis
tolltach tholltach dtolltach

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Compare Manx tholtan (“ruined house”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ʰɔuɫ̪t̪ʰəx/

Adjective

tolltach

  1. full of holes
  • toll (“hole, cavity, puncture, hollow”)
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