tiug
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *tegus, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus. Cognates include Welsh tew and English thick.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edittiug (comparative tigiu)
Declension
edit| u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | tiug | tiug | tiug |
| Vocative | tiug | ||
| Accusative | tiug | tig | |
| Genitive | tig | tiugae | tig |
| Dative | tiug | tig | tiug |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | tiugai | tiugai | |
| Vocative | tiugai | ||
| Accusative | tiugai | ||
| Genitive | * | ||
| Dative | tiugaib | ||
| Notes | *not attested in Old Irish; same as nominative singular masculine in Middle Irish | ||
Descendants
editMutation
edit| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| tiug | thiug | tiug pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 tiug”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language