tapadh
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑpˠə/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠapˠə/
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠapˠuː/[1]
Adjective
[edit]tapadh (genitive singular masculine tapaidh, genitive singular feminine tapaidhe, plural tapadha)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | tapadh | thapadh | tapadha; thapadha2 | |
vocative | thapaidh | tapadha | ||
genitive | tapaidhe | tapadha | tapadh | |
dative | tapadh; thapadh1 |
thapadh; thapaidh (archaic) |
tapadha; thapadha2 | |
Comparative | níos tapaidhe | |||
Superlative | is tapaidhe |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]tapadh m (genitive singular tapaidh)
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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tapadh | thapadh | dtapadh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 361, page 123
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapadh m (genitive singular tapaidh)
- cleverness, smartness
- thanks (usually in the phrase tapadh leat/leibh)
- Alternative form of tapachd
Derived terms
[edit]- tapadh leat/leibh (“thank you”)
- tapaidh (“handy; smart; hardy”)