rotoicther

== Old Irish == === Etymology === A close relative of tocad (“fate, fortune”) with ro-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /roˈt̪oɡʲ.θʲəɾ/ (Blasse) [roˈt̪oɡʲ.θʲeɾ] (Griffith) [roˈt̪oɡʲ.θʲəɾ] === Verb === ro·toicther (prototonic ·rothcaither, verbal noun tocad) to be destined Poems of the Codex St. Pauli, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 293, line 6 ==== Inflection ==== This verb is defective; it is only used in the passive. === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “? tocaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language