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Definition 2024
tagrach
tagrach
Irish
Adjective
tagrach (genitive singular masculine tagraigh, genitive singular feminine tagraí, plural tagracha, comparative tagraí)
- allusive; (heraldry) canting
- smartmouthed, impertinent
Declension
Declension of tagrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tagrach | tagrach¹ | tagracha³ | |
| Vocative | tagraigh¹ | tagrach¹ | tagracha | |
| Genitive | tagraigh¹ | tagraí (obsolete) tagraighe |
tagracha | tagrach |
| Dative | tagrach² | tagrach¹ (archaic) tagraigh¹ |
tagracha³ | |
| Comparative | tagraí (obsolete) tagraighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- (impertinent): brusanta, dosartha, sonnta
Derived terms
- ochslaíoch tagrach m (“ablative of respect”)
Related terms
- tagracht f (“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. | ||
References
- "tagrach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.