i dtaca le

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish i taca fri (“near, abutting”, literally “in a support to”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ə) ˈd̪ˠakə lʲe/

Preposition

i dtaca le (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis)

  1. as for, regarding, as regards
  2. as to, in regard of, in regard to, with regard to
  3. as far as … is concerned
  4. (obsolete) near, next to

Inflection

See le for inflection and contractions.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • i dtaca le holc (“all things considered, considering”)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “taca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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