Toirdhealbhach

Irish

Alternative forms

• Traolach, Tárlach

Etymology

Derived From Middle Irish Tairdelbach, from tairdelb (“promotion, furthering”), thus originally a by-name meaning “instigator”.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɾʲɛl̪ˠax/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːɾˠl̪ˠa(x)/

Proper noun

Toirdhealbhach m (genitive Thoirdhealbhaigh)

1. a male given name from Old Irish, often anglicized Turlough or Terence, the latter of which this name shares no etymological relation with.

Declension

Declension of Toirdhealbhach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Toirdhealbhach vocative a Thoirdhealbhaigh genitive Toirdhealbhaigh dative Toirdhealbhach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Toirdhealbhach genitive an Toirdhealbhaigh dative leis an Toirdhealbhach don Toirdhealbhach

Descendants

• → English: Turlough

Mutation

Mutated forms of Toirdhealbhach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Toirdhealbhach	Thoirdhealbhach	dToirdhealbhach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tairdelb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 169