tocbál

Old Irish

Etymology

From to- +‎ uss- +‎ gabál.

Noun

tocbál f (genitive tocbále)

1. raising, lifting
   • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 75, pages 115-179:

     Iss ed as·pered Máolrúaoin oca aurail do neuch fair-siom guidhi dé laisiom & tócbale soscéli fris.

     This is what Maelruain used to say when anyone enjoined on him to pray God for him, and to lift up the Gospels towards him.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	tocbálL	—	—
Vocative	tocbálL	—	—
Accusative	tocbáilN	—	—
Genitive	tocbálaeH	—	—
Dative	tocbáilL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tócbáil
  • Irish: tógáil
  • Scottish Gaelic: togail

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tocbál	thocbál	tocbál pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
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), “tócbáil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language