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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish taige (compare Manx thie), a form of Old Irish tech, teg (compare modern Irish teach, tigh), from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ʰɤj/
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /t̪ʰaj/
- (Islay, Sutherland, Easter Ross) IPA(key): /t̪ʰe/
Noun
taigh m (genitive singular taighe, plural taighean)
- house, dwelling
- Tha Seumas anns an taigh. ― James is in the house.
Usage notes
- Often used in compounds.
- Also used in the expression aig an taigh with the meaning at home:
- An robh i aig an taigh a h-uile latha? ― Was she at home all day?
Declension
Declension of taigh (class IIc masculine noun)
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “taigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tech, teg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language