tigh

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tigh m (genitive singular , nominative plural tithe)

  1. Alternative form of teach (house)

Noun[edit]

tigh

  1. dative singular of teach

Preposition[edit]

tigh (plus genitive, triggers no mutation directly, but definite noun phrases in the genitive are always lenited)

  1. at the house of; chez
    tigh múinteoraat a teacher’s house
    tigh Bhriainat Brian’s

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tigh thigh dtigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 69

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

tigh

  1. Alternative form of teye (chest, enclosure)