toirneach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish toirnech, a derivative of Old Irish torann, from Proto-Celtic *toranos.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɾˠn̠ʲəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːɾˠn̠ʲa(x)/[1] (corresponding to the form tairneach)

Noun

toirneach f (genitive singular toirní, nominative plural toirneacha)

  1. thunder
  2. thunderclap

Declension
Declension of toirneach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative toirneach toirneacha
Vocative a thoirneach a thoirneacha
Genitive toirní toirneach
Dative toirneach
toirnigh (archaic, dialectal)		 toirneacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an toirneach na toirneacha
Genitive na toirní na dtoirneach
Dative leis an toirneach
leis an toirnigh (archaic, dialectal)

don toirneach
don toirnigh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na toirneacha

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

Further reading

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10.
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