tabhaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • tabhuigh (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish tobaigid, denominal from Old Irish tobach, verbal noun of do·boing (whence toibhigh).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠauɪɟ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠauə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠauiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaui/[3]

Verb

tabhaigh (present analytic tabhaíonn, future analytic tabhóidh, verbal noun tabhú, past participle tabhaithe)

  1. earn, deserve
    Synonym: tuill

Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of tabhaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
tabhaigh thabhaigh dtabhaigh

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

References

  1. ^ tabhaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·boing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “taḃuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1152; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tabhaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN