tolltach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tolltach (“sharp, piercing”).

Adjective

tolltach (genitive singular masculine tolltaigh, genitive singular feminine tolltaí, plural tolltacha, comparative tolltaí)

  1. piercing, penetrating

Conjugation
Declension of tolltach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tolltach tholltach tolltacha;
tholltacha²
Vocative tholltaigh tolltacha
Genitive tolltaí tolltacha tolltach
Dative tolltach;
tholltach¹		 tholltach;
tholltaigh (archaic)		 tolltacha;
tholltacha²
Comparative níos tolltaí
Superlative is tolltaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • toll (“pierce”, verb)

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Compare Manx tholtan (“ruined house”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t̪ʰɔuɫ̪t̪ʰəx/

Adjective

tolltach

  1. full of holes
  • toll (“hole, cavity, puncture, hollow”)
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