taisme

Irish

Etymology

Uncertain. The Historical Irish Corpus has no citations earlier than the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠæʃmʲə/

Noun

taisme f (genitive singular taisme, nominative plural taismí)

1. accident, mishap, casualty
2. fluke (stroke of luck)

Declension

Declension of taisme (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative taisme taismí vocative a thaisme a thaismí genitive taisme taismí dative taisme taismí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an taisme na taismí genitive na taisme na dtaismí dative leis an taisme don taisme leis na taismí

Derived terms

• de thaisme (“by chance, accidentally, by accident, by a fluke”)
• taismeach (“accidental; casualty”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of taisme

radical	lenition	eclipsis
taisme	thaisme	dtaisme

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “taisme”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 712
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taisme”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN