taise

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛz/

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Verb

taise

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of taire

Anagrams

• étais

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish taise (“dampness, moistness, softness; tenderness, mercy; weakness, feebleness; swoon, fainting fit, unconsciousness”).

Noun

taise f (genitive singular taise)

1. dampness, moistness, humidity
2. softness, smoothness, tenderness
3. mildness, gentleness; kindness, compassion

Declension

Declension of taise

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative taise Vocative a thaise Genitive taise Dative taise

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an taise Genitive na taise Dative leis an taise don taise

Etymology 2

From Old Irish taise (“dead body, corpse, remains; relics of a saint; remnant, remains, ruins; manes, spirit, ghost”).

Noun

taise f (genitive singular taise, nominative plural taisí)

1. doppelganger, fetch, wraith
2. shade, apparition, ghost
3. remains, relics
4. ruins

Declension

Declension of taise

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative taise taisí Vocative a thaise a thaisí Genitive taise taisí Dative taise taisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an taise na taisí Genitive na taise na dtaisí Dative leis an taise don taise leis na taisí

Alternative forms

• tais f

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

taise

1. inflection of tais (“damp, moist, humid; soft, smooth, tender; mild, gentle; kind, compassionate; soft, weak, indulgent”):
   1. genitive feminine singular
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taise	thaise	dtaise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taise”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “taise”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 taise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 taise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language