tagrach

Irish

Etymology

From tagra (“(act of) pleading, plea; disputation, argument; lawsuit”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

tagrach (genitive singular masculine tagraigh, genitive singular feminine tagraí, plural tagracha, comparative tagraí)

  1. allusive; (heraldry) canting
  2. smartmouthed, impertinent

Declension
Declension of tagrach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tagrach thagrach tagracha;
thagracha²
Vocative thagraigh tagracha
Genitive tagraí tagracha tagrach
Dative tagrach;
thagrach¹		 thagrach;
thagraigh (archaic)		 tagracha;
thagracha²
Comparative níos tagraí
Superlative is tagraí

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

Synonyms
  • (impertinent): brusanta, dosartha, sonnta

Derived terms
  • ochslaíoch tagrach m (“ablative of respect”)
  • tagracht f (“allusiveness; smartness, impertinence.”)

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

References
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