taigh
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish taige (compare Manx thie), a form of Old Irish tech, teg (compare modern Irish teach, tigh), from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰɤj/
- (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /tʰaj/
- (Islay, Sutherland, Easter Ross) IPA(key): /tʰe/
Noun
taigh m (genitive singular taighe, plural taighean)
- house, dwelling
- Tha Seumas anns an taigh. ― James is in the house.
Usage notes
- Often used in compounds.
- Also used in the expression aig an taigh with the meaning at home:
- An robh i aig an taigh a h-uile latha? ― Was she at home all day?
Derived terms
- fear an taighe
- fear-taighe
- gobhlan-taighe
- ionad-thaighean
- taigh-airm
- taigh-altraim
- taigh beag
- taigh-bìdh
- taigh-ceàirde
- taigh-chearc
- taigh-cluiche
- taigh-cùirte
- taigh-dealbh
- taigh-dhealbh
- taigh-eiridinn
- taigh-eun
- taigh-faire
- taigh-gnìomhachais
- taigh-ionnlaid
- taigh-leighis
- taigh-malairt
- taigh nam bòcan
- Taigh nam Morairean
- Taigh nan Cumantan
- taigh-oibre
- taigh-òsda
- taigh-seinnse
- taigh-siùrsachd
- taigh-solais
- taigh-staile
- taigh-strìopachais
- taigh-tasgaidh
- taigh-tinneis
- taigh-tionnsgain
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “taigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tech, teg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language