tigh

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See also: -tigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

tigh m (genitive singular tí, nominative plural tithe)

  1. Alternative form of teach (“house”)

Noun

tigh

  1. dative singular of teach

Preposition

tigh (plus genitive, triggers no mutation directly, but definite noun phrases in the genitive are always lenited)

  1. at the house of; chez
    tigh múinteora ― at a teacher’s house
    tigh Bhriain ― at Brian’s

Mutation

Mutated forms of tigh
radical lenition eclipsis
tigh thigh dtigh

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 69

Middle English

Noun

tigh

  1. Alternative form of teye (“chest, enclosure”)
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