Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From to- +‎ ro- +‎ gabál.

Noun

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torgabál f (genitive torgabále or targabálae, nominative plural torgabála or targabála)

  1. verbal noun of do·rogaib: transgression, sin, crime
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 138b7
      .i. cia du·logae doib a n-uili torgabala ón
      i.e. that is, although You sg forgive them all their transgressions.

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative torgabálL torgabáilL torgabálaH
Vocative torgabálL torgabáilL torgabálaH
Accusative torgabáilN torgabáilL torgabálaH
Genitive torgabálaeH torgabálL torgabálN
Dative torgabáilL torgabálaib torgabálaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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

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