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tiugh
tiugh
Irish
Adjective
tiugh (genitive singular masculine tiugh, genitive singular feminine tighe, plural tiugha, comparative tighe)
- Obsolete spelling of tiubh
Declension
Declension of tiugh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tiugh | tiugh¹ | tiugha³ | |
| Vocative | tiugh¹ | tiugh¹ | tiugha | |
| Genitive | tiugh¹ | tighe | tiugha | tiugh |
| Dative | tiugh² | tiugh¹ | tiugha³ | |
| Comparative | tighe | |||
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.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tiugh | thiugh | dtiugh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "tiugh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish tiug (compare Irish tiubh, Manx çhiu), from Proto-Celtic *tegus, from Proto-Indo-European *tegus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰʲu/
Adjective
tiugh (comparative tighe)
Derived terms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “2 tiug” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.