taispeáin

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish taisbénaid, from Old Irish do·aisféna.

Pronunciation

  • (Cork) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɪˈsˠpʲaːnʲ/[1], /ˈtʲɪˈʃaːnʲ/ (corresponding to the forms teaspeáin, tiseáin)
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /t̪ˠəˈsˠpˠɑːnʲ/, /ˈsˠpˠɑːnʲ/ (corresponding to the forms taspáin, spáin, ’spáin)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɪʃɨ̞nʲ/ (as if spelled tisin)

Verb

taispeáin (present analytic taispeánann, future analytic taispeánfaidh, verbal noun taispeáint, past participle taispeánta)

  1. (transitive) to show
  2. to appear (of ghost, etc.)
  3. (military) to port (arms)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of taispeáin
radical lenition eclipsis
taispeáin thaispeáin dtaispeáin

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 99; reprinted 1988

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