tiugh
Irish
Adjective
tiugh (genitive singular masculine tiugh, genitive singular feminine tighe, plural tiugha, comparative tighe)
- Obsolete spelling of tiubh
Declension
Declension of tiugh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tiugh | thiugh | tiugha; thiugha² | |
| Vocative | thiugh | tiugha | ||
| Genitive | tighe | tiugha | tiugh | |
| Dative | tiugh; thiugh¹ | thiugh | tiugha; thiugha² | |
| Comparative | níos tighe | |||
| Superlative | is tighe | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tiugh | thiugh | dtiugh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tiugh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish tiug (compare Irish tiubh, Manx çhiu), from Proto-Celtic *tegus, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰu/
Adjective
tiugh (comparative tighe)
- thick, dense
Derived terms
- is tighe fuil na bùrn
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| tiugh | thiugh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “tiugh”, 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), “2 tiug”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language