Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *tausos (deaf)[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tóë

  1. silent

Inflection

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io/iā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tóe tóe tóe
Vocative tói
Accusative tóe tói
Genitive tói tóe tói
Dative tóu tói tóu
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative tói tói
Vocative tói
tóu*
Accusative tói
tóu*
Genitive tóe
Dative tóib
Notes * when substantivized

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: tóe
  • Middle Irish: toíthenach

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tawso-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 373

Further reading

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