tàrlaidh

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === New formation to the past tense thàrla (“happened”), from Old Irish do·rala, ·tarla (“happened; put (past tense)”) (suppletive preterite of do·cuirethar), from to- + ro- + Proto-Celtic *layo-, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (“let, leave”) (Latin lētum (“death”); Old Church Slavonic лѣнъ (lěnŭ, “lazy”); Hittite [script needed] (laizzi, “lets”); Lithuanian liáutis (“stop”); Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lēwjan, “betray”), 𐌻𐌴𐍅 (lēw, “opportunity, cause”)). Compare Irish tarlaigh. === Verb === tàrlaidh happen, befall (future tense) ==== Usage notes ==== This defective verb has no present tense form.