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Irish
Etymology
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
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
- Synonyms: dream, slua
Declension
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Mutation
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táin
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tháin
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dtáin
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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
- Entries containing “táin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “táin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.