taigh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish taige (compare Manx thie), a form of Old Irish tech, teg (compare modern Irish teach, tigh), from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰɤj/

Noun

taigh m (genitive singular taighe, plural taighean)

house, dwelling
Tha Seumas anns an taigh. ― James is in the house.

Usage notes

Often used in compounds.
Also used in the expression aig an taigh with the meaning at home:
An robh i aig an taigh a h-uile latha? ― Was she at home all day?

Derived terms

fear an taighe (“landlord”)
fear-taighe (“host”)
gobhlan-taighe (“house martin”)
ionad-thaighean (“housing estate”)
taigh-airm (“armoury”)
taigh-altraim m (“nursing home”)
taigh beag (“toilet”)
taigh-bìdh (“restaurant”)
taigh-ceàirde, taigh-gnìomhachais, taigh-tionnsgain (“factory”)
taigh-chearc (“henhouse”)
taigh-cluiche (“theatre”)
taigh-cùirte (“courthouse”)
taigh-dealbh, taigh-dhealbh (“cinema”)
taigh-eiridinn (“hospital, infirmary”)
taigh-eun (“birdhouse”)
taigh-faire (“hide”) (for observing wildlife)
taigh-ionnlaid (“bathhouse”)
taigh-leighis, taigh-tinneis (“hospital”)
taigh-malairt (“bank”)
taigh nam bòcan (“haunted house”)
Taigh nam Morairean (“House of Lords”)
Taigh nan Cumantan (“House of Commons”)
taigh-oibre (“workshop; factory”)
taigh-òsda (“hotel”)
taigh-seinnse (“pub”)
taigh-strìopachais (“brothel”)
taigh-tasgaidh (“depository; museum”)

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
“tech, teg” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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