Tadhg

Irish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ˠəiɡ/

Proper noun

Tadhg m (genitive Thaidhg)

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

Derived terms

  • 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)
  • Taidhgín (diminutive)

Descendants

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Tadhg Thadhg dTadhg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.