Téaváin

Irish

Etymology

From English Taiwan, from Mandarin 臺灣 / 台湾 (Táiwān) and possibly Japanese 臺灣(たいわん) (taiwan), both from Literary Chinese 臺灣, from Hokkien 大員 (Tāi-oân), 大圓, 臺員, 大灣, 臺灣, etc., from possibly Siraya.

Proper noun

An Téaváin f (genitive na Téaváine)

  1. Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands)
  2. Taiwan (an island between the Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea in East Asia)

Declension

Declension of Téaváin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Téaváin
vocative a Théaváin
genitive Téaváine
dative Téaváin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Téaváin
genitive na Téaváine
dative leis an Téaváin
don Téaváin

Derived terms

  • Téavánach (“Taiwanese”, adjective)
  • Téavánach m (“a Taiwanese person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Téaváin
radical lenition eclipsis
Téaváin Théaváin dTéaváin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • “Taiwan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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