tiugh
Irish
Adjective
tiugh (genitive singular masculine tiugh, genitive singular feminine tighe, plural tiugha, comparative tighe)
- Obsolete spelling of tiubh
Declension
Declension of tiugh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tiugh | thiugh | tiugha; thiugha² | |
| Vocative | thiugh | tiugha | ||
| Genitive | tighe | tiugha | tiugh | |
| Dative | tiugh; thiugh¹ |
thiugh | tiugha; thiugha² | |
| Comparative | níos tighe | |||
| Superlative | is tighe | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tiugh | thiugh | dtiugh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish tiug (compare Irish tiubh, Manx çhiu), from Proto-Celtic *tegus, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰʲu/
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| tiugh | thiugh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 tiug”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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