Toirdhealbhach

Irish

Alternative forms

• Traolach, Tárlach

Etymology

Derived From Middle Irish Tairdelbach, from tairdelb (“promotion, furthering”), thus originally a by-name meaning “instigator”.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲɛl̪ˠax/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːɾˠl̪ˠa(x)/

Proper noun

Toirdhealbhach m

1. a male given name from Old Irish, often anglicized Turlough or Terence, the latter of which this name shares no etymological relation with.

Descendants

• → English: Turlough

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Toirdhealbhach	Thoirdhealbhach	dToirdhealbhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tairdelb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 169