taise

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛz/
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Verb

taise

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of taire

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish taise (“dampness”).

Noun

taise f (genitive singular taise)

  1. dampness, moistness, humidity
  2. softness, smoothness, tenderness
  3. mildness, gentleness; kindness, compassion
Declension
Declension of taise (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative taise
vocative a thaise
genitive taise
dative taise
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an taise
genitive na taise
dative leis an taise
don taise

Etymology 2

From Old Irish taise (“dead body, corpse, remains; relics of a saint; remnant, remains, ruins; manes, spirit, ghost”).

Noun

taise f (genitive singular taise, nominative plural taisí)

  1. doppelganger, fetch, wraith
  2. shade, apparition, ghost
  3. remains, relics
  4. ruins
Declension
Declension of taise (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative taise taisí
vocative a thaise a thaisí
genitive taise taisí
dative taise taisí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an taise na taisí
genitive na taise na dtaisí
dative leis an taise
don taise 		leis na taisí
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

taise

  1. inflection of tais (“damp, moist, humid; soft, smooth, tender; mild, gentle; kind, compassionate; soft, weak, indulgent”):
    1. genitive feminine singular
    2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
    3. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of taise
radical lenition eclipsis
taise thaise dtaise

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

Further reading

References

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