tocbál

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From to- +‎ uss- +‎ gabál.[1]

Noun[edit]

tocbál f (genitive tocbále)

  1. raising, lifting
    • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 75, pages 115-179:
      Iss ed as·pered Máolrúaoin oca aurail do neuch fair-siom guidhi dé laisiom & tócbale soscéli fris.
      This is what Maelruain used to say when anyone enjoined on him to pray God for him, and to lift up the Gospels towards him.

Inflection[edit]

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tocbálL
Vocative tocbálL
Accusative tocbáilN
Genitive tocbálaeH
Dative tocbáilL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: tócbáil

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tocbál thocbál tocbál
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 210

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