táin

See also: tain, 'tain, and täin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish táin (“act of driving off”), verbal noun of do·aig (“to drive off”), from Proto-Celtic *to- + Proto-Celtic *ageti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Pronunciation

Noun

táin f (genitive singular tána, nominative plural táinte) (literary)

  1. cattle-raid, plundering expedition
  2. a story about a cattle-raid or plundering expedition
  3. the cattle plundered in a cattle-raid
  4. flock, herd
    Synonym: tréad
  5. (in the plural) wealth, fortune
    Synonym: saibhreas
  6. (in the plural) a large amount, a great number
  7. a crowd
    Synonyms: dream, slua

Declension
Declension of táin

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative táin táinte
Vocative a tháin a tháinte
Genitive tána táinte
Dative táin táinte

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an táin na táinte
Genitive na tána na dtáinte
Dative leis an táin

don táin

 leis na táinte

Derived terms
  • sa Táin (“among the greats, the stuff of legend”)
  • is fearr an tsláinte ná na táinte (“health is better than wealth”)

Descendants
  • → English: Táin

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
táin tháin dtáin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “táin” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “táin” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 709.
  • "táin" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “táin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “táin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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