toilichte

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɔləçtʲə/

Verb

toilichte

  1. past participle of toilich

Adjective

toilichte

  1. pleased
  2. satisfied, contented, gratified, content
    • 1846, John Bunyan, translated by John Mackenzie, Sighs from Hell, Etc. (Osnaichean Bho Ifrinn, Etc.)‎, page 25:
      "Dh'fhòghlum mi anns ciod sam bith staid am beil mi, leis a sin a bhi toilichte."
      "I learned that in whatever state I am, with that to be content."
  3. cheery, happy
  4. smug

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
toilichtethoilichte
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “toilichte”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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