tugae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• tuige

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *togyā. Cognate with Welsh to, Breton to, and Celtiberian togias (gen. sg.)

Noun

tugae f

1. verbal noun of tuigithir: covering, cover
2. thatching

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	tugaeL	tugaiL	tugai
Vocative	tugaeL	tugaiL	tugai
Accusative	tugaiN	tugaiL	tugai
Genitive	tugae	tugaeL	tugaeN
Dative	tugaiL	tugaib	tugaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tuga
  • Irish: tuí (“thatch”)
  • Scottish Gaelic: tugha (“thatch”)

See also

• tuigen (“mantle, cloak”)

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tugae, tuige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language