tapaidh

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Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

tapaidh (genitive singular feminine tapaí, plural tapaí, comparative tapaí)

  1. Munster and Ulster form of tapa

Declension

Declension of tapaidh
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tapaidh thapaidh tapaí;
thapaí²
Vocative thapaidh tapaí
Genitive tapaí tapaí tapaidh
Dative tapaidh;
thapaidh¹ 		thapaidh tapaí;
thapaí²
Comparative níos tapaí
Superlative is tapaí

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

Noun

tapaidh

  1. vocative/genitive singular of tapadh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tapaidh thapaidh dtapaidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 200, page 76

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish tapaid (“quick, swift”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tapaidh

  1. handy
  2. clever, smart
  3. burly, hardy, sturdy
  4. courageous, manly

Related terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tapaidh thapaidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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