tarathar

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *taratrom.

Noun

tarathar n

1. auger

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	taratharN	taratharN	taratharL, tarathra
vocative	taratharN	taratharN	taratharL, tarathra
accusative	taratharN	taratharN	taratharL, tarathra
genitive	tarathairL	tarathar	taratharN
dative	taratharL	tarathraib	tarathraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: tarathar
• Manx: tarrar

Mutation

Mutation of tarathar

radical	lenition	nasalization
tarathair	tharathair	tarathair pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tarathar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language