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

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

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