torgabál

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • targabál

Etymology

From to- +‎ ro- +‎ gabál.

Noun

torgabál f (genitive torgabále or targabálae, nominative plural torgabála or targabála)

  1. verbal noun of do·rogaib: transgression, sin, crime
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 138b7
      .i. cia du·logae doib a n-uili torgabala ón
      i.e. that is, although You sg forgive them all their transgressions.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative torgabálL torgabáilL torgabálaH
vocative torgabálL torgabáilL torgabálaH
accusative torgabáilN torgabáilL torgabálaH
genitive torgabálaeH torgabálL torgabálN
dative torgabáilL torgabálaib torgabálaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of torgabál
radical lenition nasalization
torgabál thorgabál torgabál
pronounced with /d-/

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

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