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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish tóeb.
Pronunciation
Noun
taobh m or f (genitive singular taoibh or taoibhe, nominative plural taobhanna or taobha)
- side, flank
Declension
- Alternative declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| taobh
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thaobh
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dtaobh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “taeb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 49
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “taoḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 716
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taobh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “taobh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “taobh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish tóeb.
Pronunciation
Noun
taobh m (genitive singular taoibh, plural taobhan)
- side
- way, direction
Derived terms
Preposition
taobh
- via
Verb
taobh (past thaobh, future taobhaidh, verbal noun taobhadh, past participle taobhte)
- side, side with, favour, be partial to
- approach
- espouse
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| taobh |
thaobh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “taobh”, 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), “taeb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language