táthaire

Irish

Etymology

From táthaigh +‎ -aire.

Noun

táthaire m (genitive singular táthaire, nominative plural táthairí)

1. welder
2. hanger-on, toady
3. cadger, scrounger

Declension

Declension of táthaire

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative táthaire táthairí Vocative a tháthaire a tháthairí Genitive táthairí táthairí Dative táthaire táthairí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an táthaire na táthairí Genitive an táthairí na dtáthairí Dative leis an táthaire don táthaire leis na táthairí

Derived terms

• táthaireacht f (“toadying”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
táthaire	tháthaire	dtáthaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “táthaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN