Irish
- tafant
- tabhthann, tafan, tafannt, tamhthann (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish tofond, verbal noun of do·seinn (“to chase, hunt”, literally “to bark at”). Doublet of tathant.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠau̯hən̪ˠ(t̪ˠ)/, [ˈt̪ˠau̯ʍən̪ˠ(t̪ˠ)] (as if spelled tabhthann(t))[1]
Noun
tafann m (genitive singular tafainn)
- verbal noun of tafainn
- (act of) barking, baying
- a bark
- (act of) hunting, chasing, banishing
Declension
Declension of tafann (first declension, no plural)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of tafann
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lenition
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eclipsis
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thafann
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dtafann
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- “tafann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tafann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tafann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 708
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tafann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
