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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From taigh + òsta. According to MacBain, òsta (earlier òsda) is from Middle English ooste, hoste (“hotel, house, hospitium”), itself from Old French oste (“innkeeper, landlord, host”), from Latin hospitium. Stokes suggests it is taken directly from Old French.
Pronunciation
Noun
taigh-òsta m (genitive singular taighe-òsta, plural taighean-òsta)
- hotel, inn, hostelry
- Loisg an taigh-òsta seo gu talamh! ― Burn this hotel to the ground!
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “taigh-òsta”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN