tàillear

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish táilliúr[1] (compare modern Irish táilliúir, Manx thalhear), borrowed from Anglo-Norman taillour (compare English tailor), from taillier (“to cut; to shape”), from Late Latin taliō.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰaːʎað/[2]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰaːʎæɾʲ/[3]

Noun

tàillear m (genitive singular tàilleir, plural tàillearan)

  1. tailor

Mutation

Mutation of tàillear
radical lenition
tàillear thàillear

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “táilliúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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