taigh-seinnse

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From taigh +‎ seinnse. Literally a “change house.” (where one would change horses on a journey).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ʰə ˈʃẽĩɲʃə/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /t̪ʰə ˈʃẽĩɲʃ/, /t̪ʰə ˈʃɤ̃ĩɲʃ/[1]

Noun

taigh-seinnse m (genitive singular taigh-sheinnse or taigh-seinnse, plural taighean-seinnse)

  1. public house, pub, tavern

References

  1. ^ 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.