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): /t̪ʰɤj/
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /t̪ʰaj/
  • (Islay, Sutherland, Easter Ross) IPA(key): /t̪ʰe/

Noun

taigh m (genitive singular taighe, plural taighean)

  1. 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?

Declension
Declension of taigh (class IIc masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative taigh taighean
Genitive taighe thaighean
Dative taigh taighean; taighibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) taigh (na) taighean
Genitive (an) taighe (nan) taighean
Dative (an) taigh (na) taighean; taighibh*
Vocative (a) thaigh (a) thaighean

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Derived terms

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “taigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tech, teg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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