taigh
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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
Noun
taigh m (genitive singular taighe, plural taighean)
Usage notes
- 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?
Derived terms
- fear an taighe (“landlord”)
- fear-taighe (“host”)
- gobhlan-taighe (“house martin”)
- ionad-thaighean (“housing estate”)
- taigh beag (“toilet”)
- taigh nam bòcan (“haunted house”)
- Taigh nam Morairean (“House of Lords”)
- Taigh nan Cumantan (“House of Commons”)
- taigh-airm (“armoury”)
- taigh-altraim m (“nursing home”)
- taigh-bìdh (“restaurant”)
- taigh-ceàirde, taigh-gnìomhachais, taigh-tionnsgain (“factory”)
- taigh-chearc (“henhouse”)
- taigh-cluiche (“theatre”)
- taigh-cùirte (“courthouse”)
- taigh-dealbh, taigh-dhealbh (“cinema”)
- taigh-eiridinn (“hospital, infirmary”)
- taigh-eun (“birdhouse”)
- taigh-faire (“hide”) (for observing wildlife)
- taigh-ionnlaid (“bathhouse”)
- taigh-leighis, taigh-tinneis (“hospital”)
- taigh-malairt (“bank”)
- taigh-oibre (“workshop; factory”)
- taigh-òsda (“hotel”)
- taigh-seinnse (“pub”)
- taigh-strìopachais (“brothel”)
- taigh-tasgaidh (“depository; museum”)
References
- 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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- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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