toirchiú

Irish

Noun

toirchiú m (genitive singular toirchithe)

1. verbal noun of toirchigh (“make pregnant, fecundate; fertilize, impregnate”)
2. fecundation, fertilization, impregnation

Declension

Declension of toirchiú (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative toirchiú vocative a thoirchiú genitive toirchithe dative toirchiú forms with the definite article case singular nominative an toirchiú genitive an toirchithe dative leis an toirchiú don toirchiú

Mutation

Mutated forms of toirchiú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
toirchiú	thoirchiú	dtoirchiú

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toirchiú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “toirchiú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “toirchiú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025