Tormod

Norwegian

Etymology

From the Old Norse adjective þormóðr (“brave”), or a compound name ("Thor" + "mood", "emotion").

Proper noun

Tormod

  1. a male given name

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • Tormad, Tarmad, Tarmod

Etymology

From the Old Norse adjective þormóðr (“brave”), or a compound name such as Þórmundr.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰaˈɾamɔt̪/[2]; /ˈt̪ʰaˈɾamət̪/[3]
  • (North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɔˈɾamat̪/[4]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɔˈɾɔmɛt̪/[5]

Proper noun

Tormod m (genitive Thormoid, vocative a Thormoid)

  1. a male given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Norman though they are etymologically unrelated

Derived terms

  • Tormod an dà thaobh (“double-dealer”)

Mutation

Mutation of Tormod
radical lenition
Tormod Thormod

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive‎[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics
  3. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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