tarroo

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish tarb, from Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”) (compare Welsh tarw, Cornish tarow, Breton tarv, Gaulish taruos), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“bull”) (compare Latin taurus).

Noun

tarroo m (genitive singular tarroo, plural terriu)

  1. bull

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
tarrooharroodarroo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “tarb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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