taigh-òsta

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• taigh-òsda

Etymology

From taigh +‎ òsta. According to MacBain, òsta (earlier òsda) is from Middle English ooste, hoste (“hotel, house, hospitium”), itself from Old French oste (“innkeeper, landlord, host”), from Latin hospitium. Stokes suggests it is taken directly from Old French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰəjˈɔːs̪t̪ə/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰəjˈɔ.əs̪t̪]

Noun

taigh-òsta m (genitive singular taighe-òsta, plural taighean-òsta)

1. hotel, inn, hostelry

   Loisg an taigh-òsta seo gu talamh! ― Burn this hotel to the ground!

Derived terms

• taigh-òsta motarachd m (“motel”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
taigh-òsta	thaigh-òsta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “taigh-òsta”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN