tógáil

See also: togail

Irish

Alternative forms

• tógbháil (obsolete)
• tóigeáil (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Middle Irish tócbáil, verbal noun of do·fócaib (“lifts up, raises”); further from Old Irish tocbál. By surface analysis, tóg +‎ -áil, but etymologically tóg is a back-formation from tógáil.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠoːˈɡɑːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɡɑːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɡælʲ/

Noun

tógáil f (genitive singular tógála, nominative plural tógálacha)

1. verbal noun of tóg
2. lifting
3. construction

Declension

Declension of tógáil (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tógáil tógálacha vocative a thógáil a thógálacha genitive tógála tógálacha dative tógáil tógálacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tógáil na tógálacha genitive na tógála na dtógálacha dative leis an tógáil don tógáil leis na tógálacha

Derived terms

• comhla thógála (“trap-door”)
• droichead tógála (“drawbridge”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tógáil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tógáil	thógáil	dtógáil

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tógáil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 739
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tógáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN