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taobh

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tóeb.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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taobh m or f (genitive singular taoibh or taoibhe, nominative plural taobhanna or taobha)

  1. side, flank

Declension

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Declension of taobh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative taobh taobhanna
vocative a thaoibh a thaobhanna
genitive taoibh taobhanna
dative taobh taobhanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an taobh na taobhanna
genitive an taoibh na dtaobhanna
dative leis an taobh
don taobh
leis na taobhanna
Alternative declension
Declension of taobh (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative taobh taobha
vocative a thaobh a thaobha
genitive taoibhe taobh
dative taobh taobha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an taobh na taobha
genitive na taoibhe na dtaobh
dative leis an taobh
don taobh
leis na taobha

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of taobh
radical lenition eclipsis
taobh thaobh dtaobh

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “taeb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 127, page 49

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tóeb.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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taobh m (genitive singular taoibh, plural taobhan)

  1. side
  2. way, direction

Derived terms

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Preposition

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taobh

  1. via

Verb

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taobh (past thaobh, future taobhaidh, verbal noun taobhadh, past participle taobhte)

  1. side, side with, favour, be partial to
  2. approach
  3. espouse

Mutation

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Mutation of taobh
radical lenition
taobh thaobh

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

References

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  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “taobh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “taeb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language