tothaimm

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• tothaim
• totim, tuitim

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *to-tudsman, from *to- +‎ *tud- +‎ *-sman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoθəmʲ/

Noun

tothaimm n

1. verbal noun of do·tuit: falling

Inflection

Neuter n-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	tothaimmN	tothaimmN	tothmanL
vocative	tothaimmN	tothaimmN	tothmanL
accusative	tothaimmN	tothaimmN	tothmanL
genitive	tothmae	tothmanN	tothmanN
dative	tothmaimL	tothmanaib	tothmanaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tuitimm (with root replaced by that of the verb)
  • Irish: titim
  • Manx: tuittym
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuiteam

Mutation

Mutation of tothaimm

radical	lenition	nasalization
tothaimm	thothaimm	tothaimm pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old 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), “tuitim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language