tagrach

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Irish

Etymology

From tagra (“(act of) pleading, plea; disputation, argument; lawsuit”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

tagrach (genitive singular masculine tagraigh, genitive singular feminine tagraí, plural tagracha, comparative tagraí)

  1. allusive; (heraldry) canting
  2. smartmouthed, impertinent
    Synonyms: brusanta, dosartha, sonnta

Declension

Declension of tagrach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative tagrach thagrach tagracha;
thagracha2
vocative thagraigh tagracha
genitive tagraí tagracha tagrach
dative tagrach;
thagrach1 		thagrach;
thagraigh (archaic) 		tagracha;
thagracha2
Comparative níos tagraí
Superlative is tagraí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • tagracht (“allusiveness; smartness, impertinence.”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tagrach
radical lenition eclipsis
tagrach thagrach dtagrach

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

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