táin
Irish
Etymology
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From Old Irish táin (“act of driving off”), verbal noun of do·aig (“to drive off”), from Proto-Celtic *to- + Proto-Celtic *ageti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Pronunciation
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Noun
táin f (genitive singular tána, nominative plural táinte) (literary)
- cattle-raid, plundering expedition
- a story about a cattle-raid or plundering expedition
- the cattle plundered in a cattle-raid
- flock, herd
- Synonym: tréad
- (in the plural) wealth, fortune
- Synonym: saibhreas
- (in the plural) a large amount, a great number
- a crowd
Declension
Declension of táin
Derived terms
- sa Táin (“among the greats, the stuff of legend”)
- is fearr an tsláinte ná na táinte (“health is better than wealth”)
Descendants
- → English: Táin
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
táin | tháin | dtáin |
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), “táin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “táin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 709
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “táin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “táin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “táin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024