Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *tonketos. Cognate with Welsh tynged (destiny, fate).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tocad m (genitive tocaid)

  1. fate
  2. fortune

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tocad tocadL tocaidL
Vocative tocaid tocadL toicdiuH
Accusative tocadN tocadL toicdiuH
Genitive tocaidL tocad tocadN
Dative tocudL toicdib toicdib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tocad thocad tocad
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tonketo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 383-384

Further reading edit

Spanish edit

Verb edit

tocad

  1. second-person plural imperative of tocar