tothaimm

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• tothaim
• totim, tuitim

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *to-tudsman, from *to- +‎ *tud- +‎ *-sman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoθəmʲ/

Noun

tothaimm n

1. verbal noun of do·tuit: falling

Inflection

Neuter n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	tothaimmN	tothaimmN	tothmanL
Vocative	tothaimmN	tothaimmN	tothmanL
Accusative	tothaimmN	tothaimmN	tothmanL
Genitive	tothmae	tothmanN	tothmanN
Dative	tothmaimL	tothmanaib	tothmanaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tuitimm (with root replaced by that of the verb)
  • Irish: titim
  • Manx: tuittym
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuiteam

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tothaimm	thothaimm	tothaimm pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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