Tailtiu
English
Proper noun
Tailtiu
- (Irish mythology) A presumed goddess who was the survivor of the invasion of Tuatha Dé Danann and was the foster mother of Lugh.
- The town in County Meath that was named after her.
Alternative forms
- (goddess): Tailte, Tailltiu, Talti
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtalʲ.tʲu/
Proper noun
Tailtiu f (genitive Tailten)
- Teltown (a town in County Meath, Ireland)
- (Irish mythology) A goddess in Irish mythology originally serving as a personification of the town.
Inflection
Feminine n-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | Tailtiu | — | — |
Vocative | Tailtiu | — | — |
Accusative | TailtinN | — | — |
Genitive | Tailten | — | — |
Dative | TailtinL, TailtiuL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: Tailtiu
- Irish: Tailtin
- → English: Teltown
- → English: Tailtiu
- Irish: Tailtin
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Tailtiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language