taisg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish taiscid, from Old Irish do·coisig or do·osaig, both derivatives of saigid. Cognate with Irish taisc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ʰaʃc/

Verb

taisg (past thaisg, future taisgidh, verbal noun tasgadh, past participle taisgte)

  1. deposit
  2. hoard
  3. preserve
    taisg nad chuimhne ― bear in mind
  4. bank (a fire)

Noun

taisg f (genitive singular taisge, plural taisgean)

  1. pledge, stake

Mutation

Mutation of taisg
radical lenition
taisg thaisg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Derived terms

  • lùth taisgte (“potential energy”)
  • taisg-airm (“armory, armoury”)
  • taisg-ghuth (“mellow voice”)
  • taisg-inntinn (“reservedness, reservation”)
  • taisg-ionad (“storehouse”)
  • tasg-lann (“archive”)
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