tharlaigh
Irish
Alternative forms
- tharlaidh (superseded)
Pronunciation
Verb
tharlaigh
- past indicative analytic of tarlaigh (“to haul, draw”)
- (nonstandard) past indicative analytic of tarlaigh (“to happen”)
Usage notes
In the standard language, this form is the analytic past indicative of tarlaigh only in the sense “haul, draw”; the standard analytic past of the sense “happen” is tharla.
References
- ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, § 520 (c), page 264
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 210, page 80