toghairm

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish togairm, from Proto-Celtic *to-garrman, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r̥-smn̥, from *ǵeh₂r- (“to call, shout”); compare Scottish Gaelic taghairm.

Noun

toghairm f (genitive singular toghairme, nominative plural toghairmeacha)

1. verbal noun of toghair (“to call, summon, invoke”)
2. (law) summons
3. (obsolete) invitation
4. (obsolete) appellation

Declension

Declension of toghairm (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative toghairm toghairma vocative a thoghairm a thoghairma genitive toghairme toghairm dative toghairm toghairma forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an toghairm na toghairma genitive na toghairme na dtoghairm dative leis an toghairm don toghairm leis na toghairma

Mutation

Mutated forms of toghairm

radical	lenition	eclipsis
toghairm	thoghairm	dtoghairm

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

Further reading

• “toghairm”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “togairm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “toġairm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 739
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toghairm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN