tagairt

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish tacairt. By surface analysis, tagair +‎ -t.

Noun

tagairt f (genitive singular tagartha, nominative plural tagairtí)

  1. verbal noun of tagair (“refer, allude; mention”)
  2. reference, allusion, mention

Declension

Declension of tagairt (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative tagairt tagairtí
vocative a thagairt a thagairtí
genitive tagartha tagairtí
dative tagairt tagairtí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an tagairt na tagairtí
genitive na tagartha na dtagairtí
dative leis an tagairt
don tagairt 		leis na tagairtí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tagairt
radical lenition eclipsis
tagairt thagairt dtagairt

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish tacairt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ʰakəɾʲʃtʲ/

Noun

tagairt f (genitive singular tagairte, plural tagairtean)

  1. verbal noun of tagair
  2. claim
  3. petition

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of tagairt
radical lenition
tagairt thagairt

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “tagairt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tacairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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