taigh-strìopachais

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Compound of taigh (“house”) +‎ strìopachas (“prostitution”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰɤj st̪ɾiːpʰəxɪs/

Noun

taigh-strìopachais m (genitive singular taighe-strìopachais, plural taighean-strìopachais)

1. brothel

   Gabh mo leisgeul, càite a bheil an taigh-strìopachais as fhaisge? ― Excuse me, where is the nearest brothel?

Synonyms

• taigh-siùrsachd m

Mutation

Mutation of taigh-strìopachais

radical	lenition
taigh-strìopachais	thaigh-strìopachais

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