taigh
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish taige (compare Manx thie), a form of Old Irish tech, teg (compare modern Irish teach, tigh), from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /t̪ʰɤj/
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /t̪ʰaj/
- (Islay, Sutherland, Easter Ross) IPA(key): /t̪ʰe/
Noun
[edit]taigh m (genitive singular taighe, plural taighean)
Usage notes
[edit]- Often used in compounds.
- Also used in the expression aig an taigh with the meaning at home:
- An robh i aig an taigh a h-uile latha? ― Was she at home all day?
Declension
[edit]Declension of taigh (class IIc masculine noun)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | taigh | taighean |
Genitive | taighe | thaighean |
Dative | taigh | taighean; taighibh✝ |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (an) taigh | (na) taighean |
Genitive | (an) taighe | (nan) taighean |
Dative | (an) taigh | (na) taighean; taighibh✝ |
Vocative | thaigh | thaighean |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Derived terms
[edit]- fear an taighe
- fear-taighe
- gobhlan-taighe
- ionad-thaighean
- taigh beag
- taigh nam bòcan
- Taigh nam Morairean
- Taigh nan Cumantan
- taigh-airm
- taigh-altraim
- taigh-bìdh
- taigh-ceàirde
- taigh-chearc
- taigh-cluiche
- taigh-cùirte
- taigh-dealbh
- taigh-dhealbh
- taigh-eiridinn
- taigh-eun
- taigh-faire
- taigh-gnìomhachais
- taigh-ionnlaid
- taigh-leighis
- taigh-malairt
- taigh-oibre
- taigh-òsda
- taigh-seinnse
- taigh-siùrsachd
- taigh-solais
- taigh-staile
- taigh-strìopachais
- taigh-tasgaidh
- taigh-tinneis
- taigh-tionnsgain
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
taigh | thaigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “taigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tech, teg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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