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tagrach

Irish

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Etymology

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From tagra (“(act of) pleading, plea; disputation, argument; lawsuit”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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tagrach (genitive singular masculine tagraigh, genitive singular feminine tagraí, plural tagracha, comparative tagraí)

  1. allusive; (heraldry) canting
  2. smartmouthed, impertinent
    Synonyms: brusanta, dosartha, sonnta

Declension

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Declension of tagrach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tagrach thagrach tagracha;
thagracha²
Vocative thagraigh tagracha
Genitive tagraí tagracha tagrach
Dative tagrach;
thagrach¹ 		thagrach;
thagraigh (archaic) 		tagracha;
thagracha²
Comparative níos tagraí
Superlative is tagraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

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  • tagracht (“allusiveness; smartness, impertinence.”)

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tagrach thagrach dtagrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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