tilg

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tilg

1. singular imperative of tilgen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of tilgen

From Middle Irish teilcid, from Old Irish do·léici.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃʰilikʲ/

tilg (past thilg, future tilgidh, verbal noun tilgeil or tilgeadh, past participle tilgthe)

1. throw, cast, fling, throw off

   Na tilg clachan! ― Don't throw stones!

   Thilg an t-each mi. ― The horse threw me off.

2. shed, moult
3. shoot, fire (from a gun, etc.)

   Thilg e an duine. ― He shot the man.

4. vomit

   Thilg e a dheoch. ― He vomited his drink.

5. produce, yield, bring forth

   Thilg i searrach. ― She cast a foal.

   gach craobh a thilgeas meas ― every tree that yields fruit

6. cast (molten metal, etc.)

• tilg air (“reproach, criticize”)
• tilg smugaid