tóe

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Old Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *tausos (deaf)[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tóë

  1. silent

Inflection[edit]

io/iā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tóe tóe tóe
Vocative tói
Accusative tóe tói
Genitive tói tóe tói
Dative tóu tói tóu
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative tói tói
Vocative tói
tóu*
Accusative tói
tóu*
Genitive tóe
Dative tóib
Notes * when substantivized

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: tóe
  • Middle Irish: toíthenach

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tóë thóë tóë
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. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tawso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 373

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