tach
English
Etymology 1
Noun
tach (plural taches)
Etymology 2
Backslang for hat (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).
Pronunciation
Noun
tach (plural taches)
- (obsolete, costermongers) A hat.
- c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris[1], published 1896, page 161:
- I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, / And merrily together we jog on, / I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, / Some pannum for my chest, and a tog on.
Etymology 3
Noun
tach (uncountable)
- (medicine, colloquial) Tachycardia.
- wide-complex tach
- V-tach
Anagrams
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German dach, from Old High German dah, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“roof, cover”). Cognate with German Dach, English thack.
Noun
tach f
Declension
Declension of tach – 2nd declension
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Middle English
Etymology 1
Unknown. Perhaps related to trasch or Modern English tatch (“to set grass on fire”).
Noun
tach (uncountable)
Alternative forms
References
- “tach(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old French tache (“stain, spot”), of uncertain origin; perhaps a native derivation, or borrowed from Gothic.
Noun
tach (plural taches)
Alternative forms
Descendants
References
- “tach(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
Verb
tach (third-person singular simple present tacheth, present participle tachinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle taught)
- Alternative form of techen
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