Tadhg
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish Tadg (whence also Old Norse Taðkr), from the common noun tadg (“poet”), from pre-Goidelic *tazgos, from Proto-Celtic *taskos (“badger”). Cognate with Manx Taig and with Gaulish names like Tasgetius, Tasciovanus, Moritasgus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ˠəiɡ/
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Proper noun
Tadhg m (genitive Thaidhg)
- a male given name from Old Irish, historically anglicized as Thaddeus or Timothy but etymologically unrelated to them.
Derived terms
- Tadhg an mhargaidh (“the man in the street”)
- Tadhg Ó Rudaí (“Joe Bloggs, John Q. Public”)
- Tadhg an dá thaobh (“two-faced person”)
- aithníonn/tuigeann Tadhg Taidhgín (“it takes one to know one”)
- Tadhgán (diminutive)
- Ó Tadhgáin (surname)
- Taidhgín (diminutive)
Descendants
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Tadhg | Thadhg | dTadhg |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 tadg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Tadhg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Tadhg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Tadhg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 30
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish proper nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish given names
- Irish male given names
- Irish male given names from Old Irish