tuargain

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the verbal noun, from Old Irish túarcon, verbal noun of do·fúairc, from Proto-Celtic *to-orgeti.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠuəɾəɡinʲ/ (as if spelled tuaragaoin)

Verb

tuargain (present analytic tuargnaíonn, future analytic tuargnóidh, verbal noun tuargaint, past participle tuargainte)

  1. to pound, batter, crush, beat, smite, thump

Conjugation

  • Alternative verbal noun: tuargain

Noun

tuargain f (genitive singular tuargana)

  1. Alternative form of tuargaint: verbal noun of tuargain

Declension

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54

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