tocad

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • toceth

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tonketos. Cognate with Welsh tynged (destiny, fate).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈto.ɡəð/

Noun

tocad m (genitive tocaid)

  1. fate
  2. fortune

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative tocad tocadL tocaidL
vocative tocaid tocadL toicdiuH
accusative tocadN tocadL toicdiuH
genitive tocaidL tocad tocadN
dative tocudL toicdib toicdib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of tocad
radical lenition nasalization
tocad thocad tocad
pronounced with /d-/

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tonketo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 383-384

Further reading

Spanish

Verb

tocad

  1. second-person plural imperative of tocar