táin

See also: tain, 'tain, and täin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish táin (act of driving off), verbal noun of do·aig (to drive off), from Proto-Celtic *to- + Proto-Celtic *ageti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Pronunciation

Noun

táin f (genitive singular tána, nominative plural táinte) (literary)

  1. cattle-raid, plundering expedition
  2. a story about a cattle-raid or plundering expedition
  3. the cattle plundered in a cattle-raid
  4. flock, herd
    Synonym: tréad
  5. (in the plural) wealth, fortune
    Synonym: saibhreas
  6. (in the plural) a large amount, a great number
  7. a crowd
    Synonyms: dream, slua

Declension

Derived terms

  • sa Táin (among the greats, the stuff of legend)
  • is fearr an tsláinte ná na táinte (health is better than wealth)

Descendants

  • English: Táin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
táin tháin dtáin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • táin” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “táin” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 709.
  • "táin" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “táin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “táin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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