táin

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See also: tain, 'tain, and täin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish táin (“act of driving off”), verbal noun of do·aig (“to drive off”), from Proto-Celtic *to- + Proto-Celtic *ageti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

táin f (genitive singular tána, nominative plural táinte) (literary)

  1. cattle-raid, plundering expedition
  2. a story about a cattle-raid or plundering expedition
  3. the cattle plundered in a cattle-raid
  4. flock, herd
    Synonym: tréad
  5. (in the plural) wealth, fortune
    Synonym: saibhreas
  6. (in the plural) a large amount, a great number
  7. a crowd
    Synonyms: dream, slua

Declension

Declension of táin (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative táin táinte
vocative a tháin a tháinte
genitive tána táinte
dative táin táinte
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an táin na táinte
genitive na tána na dtáinte
dative leis an táin
don táin 		leis na táinte

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: Táin

Mutation

Mutated forms of táin
radical lenition eclipsis
táin tháin dtáin

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

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