taig

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English

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Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Irish first name Tadhg, and thus probably cognate to Teagan and Tegan.

Noun

taig (plural taigs)

  1. (British, especially Scotland and Northern Ireland, derogatory) A Catholic.

Anagrams


Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish taika.

Noun

taig (genitive taia, partitive taiga)

  1. a pagan ritual or spell
    Ta tunneb taiga, kuidas ussi peletada.
    He knows the spell to repel the snake.

Declension

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

taig n

  1. dative singular of tech

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
taig thaig taig
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.