tolg

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tolg (“sleeping-compartment, bed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tolg m (genitive singular toilg, nominative plural toilg)

  1. couch

Declension

Declension of tolg (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tolg toilg
vocative a thoilg a tholga
genitive toilg tolg
dative tolg toilg
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tolg na toilg
genitive an toilg na dtolg
dative leis an tolg
don tolg 		leis na toilg

Mutation

Mutated forms of tolg
radical lenition eclipsis
tolg tholg dtolg

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

Middle Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

tolg m or f

  1. strength, force
  2. attack
  3. breach caused by attack
  4. gap, tear, fault
  5. calamity
Inflection

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish tolg.

Noun

tolg m or f

  1. cubicle, compartment around a bed
  2. (by extension) sleeping-place, bed
Inflection

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Descendants
  • Irish: tolg

Mutation

Mutation of tolg
radical lenition nasalization
tolg tholg tolg
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

Old Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

tolg m or f

  1. cubicle, compartment around a bed
  2. (by extension) sleeping-place, bed

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tolg tolgL tuilgL
Vocative tuilg tolgL tulguH
Accusative tolgN tolgL tulguH
Genitive tuilgL tolg tolgN
Dative tulgL tolgaib tolgaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Mutation of tolg
radical lenition nasalization
tolg tholg tolg
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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