tánaiste
See also: Tánaiste
English edit
Proper noun edit
tánaiste
- Alternative letter-case form of Tánaiste
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish tánaise, tánaiste.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑːn̪ˠəʃtʲə/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑːnˠəʃtʲə/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːnˠəʃtʲə/
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Noun edit
tánaiste m (genitive singular tánaiste, nominative plural tánaistí)
- (historical, monarchy) tanist, heir presumptive
- (politics) deputy prime minister
- second-in-command, second in rank or dignity; next in order
- third finger
Declension edit
Declension of tánaiste
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms edit
- ánaiste (archaic)
Derived terms edit
- i dtánaiste (“next to, almost”)
Descendants edit
Adjective edit
tánaiste
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tánaiste | thánaiste | dtánaiste |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tánaiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tánaise, tánaiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language