Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

tóë

  1. silent

Inflection edit

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 edit

  • Middle Irish: tóe
  • Middle Irish: toíthenach

Mutation edit

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 edit

  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 edit