taobh

taobh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish táeb.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠeːvˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠiːvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠiːw/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠiːw/, /t̪ˠɯːw/

Noun

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

1. side
2. border, edge
3. part bounded by side(s)
4. flank
5. aspect, direction
6. region
7. point of view, attitude
8. party, team, faction, cause
9. line of descent
10. (literary) page (of book)
11. side-patch
12. reliance, dependence, recourse, resort

Declension

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

• aontaobhach (“unilateral”)
• ar thaobh (“supporting, in favor of”)
• bang thaoibh (“side-stroke”)
• comhthaobhach (“collateral”)
• d'aon taobh (“on one side”)
• déthaobhach (“bilateral, double-sided”)
• do thaobh (“sideways”)
• fá dtaobh de (“about, around”)
• i dtaobh (“about”)
• i dtaobh go
• i dtaobh is go (“because”)
• i dtaobh le (“depending on”)
• iltaobhach (“many-sided, multilateral”)
• íostaobh (“downthrow”)
• leataobh (“one side (of two); lay-by”)
• le taobh (“beside; besides”)
• ó thaobh féin de (“as far as ... is concerned”)
• tabhair taobh le (“to rely on”)
• taobhach (“lateral; trusting”)
• taobhacht (“trustfulness; partiality”)
• taobhagán (“hypotenuse”)
• taobhaí (“supporter”)
• taobhaigh (“side with, support”)
• taobh-altóir (“side-altar”)
• taobh amuigh (“outside”)
• taobhán (“longitudinal beam”)
• taobh-bhachlóg (“lateral bud”)
• taobh-bhalla (“side-wall”)
• taobh-bhealach (“side-path”)
• taobh-bhealach isteach (“side-entrance”)
• taobh-bhord (“side-table”)
• taobh-bhóthar (“side-road”)
• taobh-bhuille (“side-stroke”)
• taobhdhoras (“side-door”)
• taobhfhód (“lateral sod in potato ridge”)
• taobhfort (“traverse”)
• taobhingear (“square offset”)
• taobhlach (“siding”)
• taobhlampa (“side-lamp”)
• taobh le
• taobh le taobh (“side by side”)
• taobhlíne (“side-line, touch-line”)
• taobhmhaor (“linesman”)
• taobhmhiosúr (“offset”)
• taobhnocht (“bare-sided, naked”)
• taobhradadh (“side-lash”)
• taobhrian (“offset”)
• taobhrighin (“sluggish, slothful”)
• taobhroinn (“aisle”)
• taobhshlabhra (“side-chain”)
• taobhsholas (“side-light”)
• taobhshráid (“side street”)
• taobhshraonacht (“lateral deflection”)
• taobhshuite (“side-mounted”)
• taobh thiar de (“behind, at the back of”)
• taobhthreoracha (“lateral sights”)
• taobh tíre (“countryside”)
• taobhuaim (“side-seam”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taobh	thaobh	dtaobh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “taeb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “taoḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 716
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “taobh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “taobh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “taobh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 49

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish táeb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰɯːv/

Noun

taobh m (genitive singular taoibh, plural taobhan)

1. side
2. way, direction

Derived terms

• an dàrna taobh (“to one side, aside”)
• an taobh a-staigh a-muigh (“inside out”)
• cuir an dàrna taobh (“put to one side”)
• dà-thaobhach (“bilateral”, adjective)
• ri taobh (“beside”)
• taobhaich (“side”, verb)
• (politics) taobhaiche (“partisan”)
• taobh athar (“paternal”)
• taobh-cheum (“digression”)
• (of a book) taobh-duilleige (“page”)
• taobh màthar (“maternal”)

 

Preposition

taobh

1. via

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
taobh	thaobh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “taobh”, 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), “taeb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language