tacsaí

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English taxi.

Noun

tacsaí m (genitive singular tacsaí, nominative plural tacsaithe)

1. taxi

Declension

Declension of tacsaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tacsaí tacsaithe Vocative a thacsaí a thacsaithe Genitive tacsaí tacsaithe Dative tacsaí tacsaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tacsaí na tacsaithe Genitive an tacsaí na dtacsaithe Dative leis an tacsaí don tacsaí leis na tacsaithe

Derived terms

• fear tacsaí, tiománaí tacsaí (“taxi driver”)
• méadar tacsaí, tacsaiméadar (“taximeter”)
• tacsaí-bhus (“taxibus”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tacsaí	thacsaí	dtacsaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tacsaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “tacsaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “tacsaí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.