tábhairne

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman taverne, from Latin taberna.

Noun

tábhairne m or f (genitive singular tábhairne, nominative plural tábhairní)

1. tavern

Declension

Declension of tábhairne

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tábhairne tábhairní Vocative a thábhairne a thábhairní Genitive tábhairne tábhairní Dative tábhairne tábhairní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tábhairne na tábhairní Genitive an tábhairne na dtábhairní Dative leis an tábhairne don tábhairne leis na tábhairní

Derived terms

• buachaill tábhairne (“bartender”)
• teach tábhairne (“public house”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tábhairne	thábhairne	dtábhairne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tábhairne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tábairne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “táḃairne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 706