Tadhg

From Old Irish Tadg (whence also Old Norse Taðkr), from the common noun tadg (“poet”), from Proto-Celtic *tazgos (“poet, storyteller”). Cognate with Manx Taig and with Gaulish names like Tasgetius, Tasciovanus, Moritasgus.

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠəiɡ/

Tadhg m (genitive Thaidhg)

1. A male given name, historically anglicized as Thaddeus or Timothy but etymologically unrelated to them.

• Tadhg an mhargaidh (“the man in the street”)
• Tadhg Ó Rudaí (“Joe Bloggs, John Q. Public”)
• Tadhg an dá thaobh (“two-faced person”)
• aithníonn/tuigeann Tadhg Taidhgín (“it takes one to know one”)
• Tadhgán (diminutive)
  • Ó Tadhgáin (surname)
    • → English: Te(a)gan
• Taidhgín (diminutive)

• → English: taig, Teague

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 tadg”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• "Tadhg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “Tadhg” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “Tadhg” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.