toirchigh
Irish
Etymology
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Verb
toirchigh (present analytic toirchíonn, future analytic toircheoidh, verbal noun toirchiú, past participle toirchithe)
- (transitive) make pregnant, fecundate
- (transitive, biology) fertilize, impregnate
Conjugation
| indicative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | toirchím | toirchíonn tú; toirchír† |
toirchíonn sé, sí | toirchímid; toirchíonn muid |
toirchíonn sibh | toirchíonn siad; toirchíd† |
a thoirchíonn; a thoirchíos | toirchítear |
| past | thoirchigh mé; thoirchíos | thoirchigh tú; thoirchís | thoirchigh sé, sí | thoirchíomar; thoirchigh muid | thoirchigh sibh; thoirchíobhair | thoirchigh siad; thoirchíodar | a thoirchigh | toirchíodh |
| past habitual | thoirchínn / toirchínn‡ |
thoirchíteá / toirchíteᇠ|
thoirchíodh sé, sí / toirchíodh sé, sí‡ |
thoirchímis; thoirchíodh muid / toirchímis‡; toirchíodh muid‡ |
thoirchíodh sibh / toirchíodh sibh‡ |
thoirchídís; thoirchíodh / toirchídís‡; toirchíodh siad‡ |
a thoirchíodh | thoirchítí / toirchítí‡ |
| singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| future | toircheoidh mé; toircheod; toircheochaidh mé† |
toircheoidh tú; toircheoir†; toircheochaidh tú† |
toircheoidh sé, sí; toircheochaidh sé, sí† |
toircheoimid; toircheoidh muid; toircheochaimid†; toircheochaidh muid† |
toircheoidh sibh; toircheochaidh sibh† |
toircheoidh siad; toircheoid†; toircheochaidh siad† |
a thoircheoidh; a thoircheos; a thoircheochaidh†; a thoircheochas† | toircheofar; toircheochar† |
| conditional | thoircheoinn; thoircheochainn† / toircheoinn‡; toircheochainn†‡ |
thoircheofá; thoircheochthᆠ/ toircheofá‡; toircheochthᆇ |
thoircheodh sé, sí; thoircheochadh sé, sí† / toircheodh sé, sí‡; toircheochadh sé, s톇 |
thoircheoimis; thoircheodh muid; thoircheochaimis†; thoircheochadh muid† / toircheoimis‡; toircheodh muid‡; toircheochaimis†‡; toircheochadh muid†‡ |
thoircheodh sibh; thoircheochadh sibh† / toircheodh sibh‡; toircheochadh sibh†‡ |
thoircheoidís; thoircheodh siad; thoircheochaidís†; thoircheochadh siad† / toircheoidís‡; toircheodh siad‡; toircheochaidís†‡; toircheochadh siad†‡ |
a thoircheodh; a thoircheochadh† | thoircheofaí; thoircheochthaí† / toircheofaí‡; toircheochtha톇 |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | go dtoirchí mé; go dtoirchíod† |
go dtoirchí tú; go dtoirchír† |
go dtoirchí sé, sí | go dtoirchímid; go dtoirchí muid |
go dtoirchí sibh | go dtoirchí siad; go dtoirchíd† |
— | go dtoirchítear |
| past | dá dtoirchínn | dá dtoirchíteá | dá dtoirchíodh sé, sí | dá dtoirchímis; dá dtoirchíodh muid |
dá dtoirchíodh sibh | dá dtoirchídís; dá dtoirchíodh siad |
— | dá dtoirchítí |
| imperative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| — | toirchím | toirchigh | toirchíodh sé, sí | toirchímis | toirchígí; toirchídh† |
toirchídís | — | toirchítear |
| past participle | toirchithe | |||||||
| verbal noun | toirchiú | |||||||
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
Derived terms
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| toirchigh | thoirchigh | dtoirchigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “toirchigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “toirchigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “toirchigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026