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.

Related terms

• toll (“pierce”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tolltach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tolltach	tholltach	dtolltach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tolltach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Compare Manx tholtan (“ruined house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰɔuɫ̪t̪ʰəx/

Adjective

tolltach

1. full of holes

Related terms

• toll (“hole, cavity, puncture, hollow”)