Toirdhealbhach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived From Middle Irish Tairdelbach, from tairdelb (promotion, furthering), thus originally a by-name meaning instigator.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Toirdhealbhach m

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, often anglicized Turlough or Terence, the latter of which this name shares no etymological relation with.

Descendants

  • English: Turlough

Mutation

Mutated forms of Toirdhealbhach
radical lenition eclipsis
Toirdhealbhach Thoirdhealbhach dToirdhealbhach

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75

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