túailnge

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Old Irish

Etymology

From túalaing +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

túailnge f

  1. ability, capability
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 17b5
      Ammi túailṅge ar mbréthre.
      We are potent in our word.
      (literally, “We are of the ability of our word.”)

Usage notes

Used only in the genitive, in the expression is túailnge (“is able, potent”, literally “is of the ability, capability”)

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative túailngeL — —
Vocative túailngeL — —
Accusative túailngiN — —
Genitive túailnge — —
Dative túailngiL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: tuailnge

Mutation

Mutation of túailnge
radical lenition nasalization
túailnge thúailnge túailnge
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

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