See also: tain, 'tain, and täin

Irish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

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 edit

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Descendants edit

  • English: Táin

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
táin tháin dtáin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit