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

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


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
Radical Lenition
tolladhtholladh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), tolladh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), tollad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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