tagrach

Irish

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

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

• ochslaíoch tagrach (“ablative of respect”)

Related terms

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

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tagrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “tagrach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “tagrach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.