tolladh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tollad, verbal noun of tollaid (“pierces; penetrates”).

Noun

tolladh m (genitive singular tollta, nominative plural tolltaí)

  1. verbal noun of toll
  2. boring, perforation

Declension
Declension of tolladh

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tolladh tolltaí
Vocative a tholladh a tholltaí
Genitive tollta tolltaí
Dative tolladh tolltaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tolladh na tolltaí
Genitive an tollta na dtolltaí
Dative leis an tolladh

don tolladh

 leis na tolltaí

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tolladh tholladh dtolladh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "tolladh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “tollad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “tolladh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “tolladh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tollad, verbal noun of tollaid (“pierces; penetrates”).

Noun

tolladh m (genitive singular tollaidh, plural tollaidhean)

  1. verbal noun of toll
  2. perforation, act of boring, piercing or perforating
  3. digging of holes or pits
  4. edging in

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
tolladhtholladh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “tollad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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