táille

See also: taille, Taille, and taillé

Irish

Etymology

From Old French taille (“charge, levy, tax”), from Latin tālea (“a cutting”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑːlʲə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑːl̠ʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːl̠ʲə/

Noun

táille f (genitive singular táille, nominative plural táillí)

1. fee, charge

Declension

Declension of táille (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative táille táillí vocative a tháille a tháillí genitive táille táillí dative táille táillí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an táille na táillí genitive na táille na dtáillí dative leis an táille don táille leis na táillí

Mutation

Mutated forms of táille

radical	lenition	eclipsis
táille	tháille	dtáille

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

Further reading

• “táille”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 táille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “táille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 709
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “táille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN