Taig

See also: taig

English

Noun

Taig (plural Taigs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of taig (“Roman Catholic”)
   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 289:

     Ya Fenian cunt. Ya shiftless fucking soapdodging Taig.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish Tadg, from the common noun tadg (“poet”), from Proto-Celtic *tazgos (“poet, storyteller”). Cognate to Irish Tadhg.

Proper noun

Taig m

1. a male given name from Old Irish, anglicized as Timothy but etymologically unrelated.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Taig	Haig	Daig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.