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Irish
Etymology
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Verb
toirchigh (present analytic toirchíonn, future analytic toircheoidh, verbal noun toirchiú, past participle toirchithe)
- (transitive) make pregnant, fecundate
- (transitive, biology) fertilize, impregnate
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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toirchím
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toirchíonn tú; toirchír†
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toirchíonn sé, sí
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toirchímid; toirchíonn muid
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toirchíonn sibh
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toirchíonn siad; toirchíd†
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a thoirchíonn; a thoirchíos / a dtoirchíonn*
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toirchítear
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past
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thoirchigh mé; thoirchíos
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thoirchigh tú; thoirchís
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thoirchigh sé, sí
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thoirchíomar; thoirchigh muid
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thoirchigh sibh; thoirchíobhair
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thoirchigh siad; thoirchíodar
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a thoirchigh / ar thoirchigh*
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toirchíodh
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past habitual
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thoirchínn / dtoirchínn‡‡
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thoirchíteá / dtoirchíteᇇ
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thoirchíodh sé, sí / dtoirchíodh sé, s퇇
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thoirchímis; thoirchíodh muid / dtoirchímis‡‡; dtoirchíodh muid‡‡
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thoirchíodh sibh / dtoirchíodh sibh‡‡
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thoirchídís; thoirchíodh siad / dtoirchídís‡‡; dtoirchíodh siad‡‡
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a thoirchíodh / a dtoirchíodh*
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thoirchítí / dtoirchít퇇
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future
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toircheoidh mé; toircheod; toircheochaidh mé†
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toircheoidh tú; toircheoir†; toircheochaidh tú†
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toircheoidh sé, sí; toircheochaidh sé, sí†
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toircheoimid; toircheoidh muid; toircheochaimid†; toircheochaidh muid†
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toircheoidh sibh; toircheochaidh sibh†
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toircheoidh siad; toircheoid†; toircheochaidh siad†
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a thoircheoidh; a thoircheos; a thoircheochaidh†; a thoircheochas† / a dtoircheoidh*; a dtoircheochaidh*†
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toircheofar; toircheochar†
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conditional
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thoircheoinn; thoircheochainn† / dtoircheoinn‡‡; dtoircheochainn†‡‡
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thoircheofá; thoircheochthᆠ/ dtoircheofᇇ; dtoircheochthᆇ‡
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thoircheodh sé, sí; thoircheochadh sé, sí† / dtoircheodh sé, s퇇; dtoircheochadh sé, s톇‡
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thoircheoimis; thoircheodh muid; thoircheochaimis†; thoircheochadh muid† / dtoircheoimis‡‡; dtoircheodh muid‡‡; dtoircheochaimis†‡‡; dtoircheochadh muid†‡‡
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thoircheodh sibh; thoircheochadh sibh† / dtoircheodh sibh‡‡; dtoircheochadh sibh†‡‡
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thoircheoidís; thoircheodh siad; thoircheochadh siad† / dtoircheoidís‡‡; dtoircheodh siad‡‡; dtoircheochadh siad†‡‡
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a thoircheodh; a thoircheochadh† / a dtoircheodh*; a dtoircheochadh*†
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thoircheofaí; thoircheochthaí† / dtoircheofa퇇; dtoircheochtha톇‡
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subjunctive
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present
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go dtoirchí mé; go dtoirchíod†
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go dtoirchí tú; go dtoirchír†
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go dtoirchí sé, sí
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go dtoirchímid; go dtoirchí muid
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go dtoirchí sibh
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go dtoirchí siad; go dtoirchíd†
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go dtoirchítear
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past
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dá dtoirchínn
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dá dtoirchíteá
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dá dtoirchíodh sé, sí
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dá dtoirchímis; dá dtoirchíodh muid
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dá dtoirchíodh sibh
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dá dtoirchídís; dá dtoirchíodh siad
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dá dtoirchítí
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imperative
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toirchím
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toirchigh
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toirchíodh sé, sí
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toirchímis
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toirchígí; toirchídh†
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toirchídís
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toirchítear
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verbal noun
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toirchiú
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past participle
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toirchithe
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toirchigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “toirchigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “toirchigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024