tapadh

Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

tapadh (genitive singular masculine tapaidh, genitive singular feminine tapaidhe, plural tapadha)

  1. superseded spelling of tapa

Declension

Declension of tapadh
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative tapadh thapadh tapadha;
thapadha2
vocative thapaidh tapadha
genitive tapaidhe tapadha tapadh
dative tapadh;
thapadh1
thapadh;
thapaidh (archaic)
tapadha;
thapadha2
Comparative níos tapaidhe
Superlative is tapaidhe

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

tapadh m (genitive singular tapaidh)

  1. superseded spelling of tapa

Declension

Declension of tapadh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative tapadh
vocative a thapaidh
genitive tapaidh
dative tapadh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an tapadh
genitive an tapaidh
dative leis an tapadh
don tapadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of tapadh
radical lenition eclipsis
tapadh thapadh dtapadh

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 361, page 123

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰahpəɣ/, (second definition) /ˈt̪ʰahpə/

Noun

tapadh m (genitive singular tapaidh)

  1. cleverness, smartness
  2. thanks (usually in the phrase tapadh leat/leibh)
  3. alternative form of tapachd

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of tapadh
radical lenition
tapadh thapadh

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