taisme

Irish

Etymology

Uncertain. The Historical Irish Corpus has no citations earlier than the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠæʃmʲə/

Noun

taisme f (genitive singular taisme, nominative plural taismí)

1. accident, mishap, casualty
2. fluke (stroke of luck)

Declension

Declension of taisme

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative taisme taismí Vocative a thaisme a thaismí Genitive taisme taismí Dative taisme taismí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an taisme na taismí Genitive na taisme na dtaismí Dative leis an taisme don taisme leis na taismí

Derived terms

• de thaisme (“by chance, accidentally, by accident, by a fluke”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taisme	thaisme	dtaisme
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “taisme”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 712
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taisme”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN