toghairm

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish togairm, from Proto-Celtic *to-garrman, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r̥-smn̥, from *ǵeh₂r- (“to call, shout”); compare Scottish Gaelic taghairm.

Noun

toghairm f (genitive singular toghairme, nominative plural toghairmeacha)

  1. verbal noun of toghair (“to call, summon, invoke”)
  2. (law) summons
  3. (obsolete) invitation
  4. (obsolete) appellation

Declension

Declension of toghairm (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative toghairm toghairma
vocative a thoghairm a thoghairma
genitive toghairme toghairm
dative toghairm toghairma
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an toghairm na toghairma
genitive na toghairme na dtoghairm
dative leis an toghairm
don toghairm 		leis na toghairma

Mutation

Mutated forms of toghairm
radical lenition eclipsis
toghairm thoghairm dtoghairm

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

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