Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the verbal noun, from Old Irish túarcon, verbal noun of do·fúairc, from Proto-Celtic *to-orgeti.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tuargain (present analytic tuargnaíonn, future analytic tuargnóidh, verbal noun tuargaint, past participle tuargainte)

  1. to pound, batter, crush, beat, smite, thump

Conjugation edit

  • Alternative verbal noun: tuargain

Noun edit

tuargain f (genitive singular tuargana)

  1. Alternative form of tuargaint: verbal noun of tuargain

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54

Further reading edit