taisme

Irish

Etymology

Uncertain. The Historical Irish Corpus has no citations earlier than the 20th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

taisme f (genitive singular taisme, nominative plural taismí)

  1. accident, mishap, casualty
  2. fluke (stroke of luck)

Declension

Declension of taisme (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative taisme taismí
vocative a thaisme a thaismí
genitive taisme taismí
dative taisme taismí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an taisme na taismí
genitive na taisme na dtaismí
dative leis an taisme
don taisme 		leis na taismí

Derived terms

  • de thaisme (“by chance, accidentally, by accident, by a fluke”)
  • taismeach (“accidental; casualty”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of taisme
radical lenition eclipsis
taisme thaisme dtaisme

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

References

  1. ^ “taisme”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 353, page 121

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