tafann

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish tofond, verbal noun of do·seinn (“to chase, hunt”, literally “to bark at”). Doublet of tathant.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠau̯hən̪ˠ(t̪ˠ)/, (as if spelled tabhthann(t))[1]

Noun

tafann m (genitive singular tafainn)

  1. verbal noun of tafainn
  2. (act of) barking, baying
  3. a bark
  4. (act of) hunting, chasing, banishing

Declension

Declension of tafann (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative tafann
vocative a thafainn
genitive tafainn
dative tafann
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an tafann
genitive an tafainn
dative leis an tafann
don tafann

Mutation

Mutated forms of tafann
radical lenition eclipsis
tafann thafann dtafann

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 201, page 76

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