tilg
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tilg
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Etymology edit
From Middle Irish teilcid, from Old Irish do·léici.
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tilg (past thilg, future tilgidh, verbal noun tilgeil or tilgeadh, past participle tilgthe)
- throw, cast, fling, throw off
- Na tilg clachan! ― Don't throw stones!
- Thilg an t-each mi. ― The horse threw me off.
- shed, moult
- shoot, fire (from a gun, etc.)
- Thilg e an duine. ― He shot the man.
- vomit
- Thilg e a dheoch. ― He vomited his drink.
- produce, yield, bring forth
- Thilg i searrach. ― She cast a foal.
- gach craobh a thilgeas meas ― every tree that yields fruit
- cast (molten metal, etc.)
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- tilg air (“reproach, criticize”)
- tilg smugaid