tógáil

See also: togail

Irish

Alternative forms

• tógbháil (obsolete)
• tóigeáil (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Middle Irish tócbáil, verbal noun of do·fócaib (“lifts up, raises”); further from Old Irish tocbál. By surface analysis, tóg +‎ -áil, but etymologically tóg is a back-formation from tógáil.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠoːˈɡɑːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɡɑːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɡælʲ/^[1]

Noun

tógáil f (genitive singular tógála, nominative plural tógálacha)

1. verbal noun of tóg
2. lifting
3. construction

Declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tógáil tógálacha Vocative a thógáil a thógálacha Genitive tógála tógálacha Dative tógáil tógálacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tógáil na tógálacha Genitive na tógála na dtógálacha Dative leis an tógáil don tógáil leis na tógálacha

Declension of tógáil

Third declension

Derived terms

• comhla thógála (“trap-door”)
• droichead tógála (“drawbridge”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tógáil	thógáil	dtógáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 379, page 127

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tógáil”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 739
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tógáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN