táille

See also: taille, Taille, and taillé

Irish

Etymology

From Old French taille (“charge, levy, tax”), from Latin tālea (“a cutting”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑːlʲə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑːl̠ʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːl̠ʲə/

Noun

táille f (genitive singular táille, nominative plural táillí)

1. fee, charge

Declension

Declension of táille

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative táille táillí Vocative a tháille a tháillí Genitive táille táillí Dative táille táillí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an táille na táillí Genitive na táille na dtáillí Dative leis an táille don táille leis na táillí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
táille	tháille	dtáille
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “táille”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 táille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “táille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 709
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “táille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN