tábhairne

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman taverne, from Latin taberna.

Noun

tábhairne m or f (genitive singular tábhairne, nominative plural tábhairní)

1. tavern

Declension

Declension of tábhairne (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative tábhairne tábhairní vocative a thábhairne a thábhairní genitive tábhairne tábhairní dative tábhairne tábhairní forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tábhairne na tábhairní genitive an tábhairne na dtábhairní dative leis an tábhairne don tábhairne leis na tábhairní

Derived terms

• buachaill tábhairne (“bartender”)
• teach tábhairne (“public house”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tábhairne

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tábhairne	thábhairne	dtábhairne

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tábhairne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tábairne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “táḃairne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 706