tapaidh

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tapaidh (genitive singular feminine tapaí, plural tapaí, comparative tapaí)

  1. Munster and Ulster form of tapa

Declension

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Declension of tapaidh
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative tapaidh thapaidh tapaí;
thapaí2
vocative thapaidh tapaí
genitive tapaí tapaí tapaidh
dative tapaidh;
thapaidh1 		thapaidh tapaí;
thapaí2
Comparative níos tapaí
Superlative is tapaí

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

Noun

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tapaidh

  1. vocative/genitive singular of tapadh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of tapaidh
radical lenition eclipsis
tapaidh thapaidh dtapaidh

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

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 200, page 76

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish tapaid (“quick, swift”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tapaidh

  1. handy
  2. clever, smart
  3. burly, hardy, sturdy
  4. courageous, manly
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Mutation

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Mutation of tapaidh
radical lenition
tapaidh thapaidh

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

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