tíolacadh

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish tidlacad, an adaptation under the influence of the verbal noun suffix -ad (modern -adh) of tidlacan, which was dissimilated and metathesized from Old Irish tindnacol. [1]Doublet of tionlacan.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

tíolacadh m (genitive singular tíolactha, nominative plural tíolacthaí)

  1. verbal noun of tíolaic
  2. gift (especially a divine one)
    seacht dtíolacthaí an Spioraid Naoimhthe seven gifts of the Holy Spirit
  3. (law) conveyance (instrument transferring title)
  4. (law) grant (transfer of property by deed or writing)
  5. talent, gift
    Synonyms: bua, tallann
  6. dedication (note prefixed to a work of art)
Declension
Declension of tíolacadh (irregular)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tíolacadh tíolacthaí
vocative a thíolacadh a thíolacthaí
genitive tíolactha tíolacthaí
dative tíolacadh tíolacthaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tíolacadh na tíolacthaí
genitive an tíolactha na dtíolacthaí
dative leis an tíolacadh
don tíolacadh
leis na tíolacthaí

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tíolacadh

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of tíolacadh
radical lenition eclipsis
tíolacadh thíolacadh dtíolacadh

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), “tindnacol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ tíolacadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 207, page 79