tánaiste

See also: Tánaiste

English

Proper noun

tánaiste

1. Alternative letter-case form of Tánaiste

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tánaise, tánaiste.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑːn̪ˠəʃtʲə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑːnˠəʃtʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːnˠəʃtʲə/

• Audio:

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Noun

tánaiste m (genitive singular tánaiste, nominative plural tánaistí)

1. (historical, monarchy) tanist, heir presumptive
2. (politics) deputy prime minister
3. second-in-command, second in rank or dignity; next in order
4. third finger

Declension

Declension of tánaiste (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tánaiste tánaistí vocative a thánaiste a thánaistí genitive tánaiste tánaistí dative tánaiste tánaistí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tánaiste na tánaistí genitive an tánaiste na dtánaistí dative leis an tánaiste don tánaiste leis na tánaistí

Alternative forms

• ánaiste (archaic)

Derived terms

• i dtánaiste (“next to, almost”)

Descendants

• → English: Tánaiste, tanist

Adjective

tánaiste

1. (genitive as attributive adjective) the second, another

Mutation

Mutated forms of tánaiste

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tánaiste	thánaiste	dtánaiste

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tánaiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tánaise, tánaiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language