tagair

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaɡəɾʲ/, /ˈt̪ˠɑɡəɾʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish tacraid, from Old Irish du·acair (to plead, declare).[1]

Verb

tagair (present analytic tagraíonn, future analytic tagróidh, verbal noun tagairt, past participle tagartha)

  1. (intransitive) to refer [with do ‘to’], allude [with do ‘to’]
  2. (ambitransitive) to mention [with direct object or do]
  3. (transitive) to plead (beg) for
  4. (ambitransitive) to argue, dispute
  5. (transitive) to sue
Conjugation
Synonyms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Verb

tagair

  1. (Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of tar

Etymology 3

Verb

tagair (present analytic tagraíonn, future analytic tagróidh, verbal noun tagradh, past participle tagartha)

  1. alternative form of togair
Conjugation

Mutation

Mutated forms of tagair
radical lenition eclipsis
tagair thagair dtagair

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

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish tacraid, from Old Irish du·acair (plead, sue, argue).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰakɪrʲ/

Verb

tagair (past thagair, future tagraidh, verbal noun tagairt or tagradh, past participle tagairte)

  1. claim (a right or possession)
  2. (law) plead, sue, prosecute

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of tagair
radical lenition
tagair thagair

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), “do-accair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language