Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English taxi.
Noun
tacsaí m (genitive singular tacsaí, nominative plural tacsaithe)
- taxi
Declension
Declension of tacsaí (fourth declension)
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Derived terms
- fear tacsaí, tiománaí tacsaí (“taxi driver”)
- méadar tacsaí, tacsaiméadar (“taximeter”)
- tacsaí-bhus (“taxibus”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of tacsaí
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lenition
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eclipsis
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thacsaí
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dtacsaí
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tacsaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tacsaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “tacsaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025