tagh

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish togaid, from Old Irish do·goa, from Proto-Celtic *to-guso-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-. Compare Irish togh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ʰɤː/, /t̪ʰɤɣ/

Verb

tagh (past thagh, future taghaidh, verbal noun taghadh, past participle taghte)

  1. choose, select
  2. vote, elect

Usage notes

  • According to the Gaelic Orthographic Conventions, the standard past participle, taghte, is used for literal senses of the word, whereas the older form taghta is used for figurative senses.

Mutation

Mutation of tagh
radical lenition
tagh thagh

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