Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish toirnech,[2] a derivative of Old Irish torann, from Proto-Celtic *toranos.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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toirneach f (genitive singular toirní, nominative plural toirneacha)

  1. thunder
  2. thunderclap

Declension

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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ toirneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 toirnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 232, page 117
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 20, page 10

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