tóraigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Back-formation from tóraíocht (attested already in Middle Irish as tóraigecht[1]). By surface analysis, tóir (pursuit) +‎ -igh.

Verb

tóraigh (present analytic tóraíonn, future analytic tóróidh, verbal noun tóraíocht, past participle tóraithe)

  1. to probe
  2. to pursue, seek

Conjugation

References

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “tóruiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1236; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tóraigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN