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

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɑːnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠaːnʲ/

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of táin

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	táin	táinte
Vocative	a tháin	a tháinte
Genitive	tána	táinte
Dative	táin	táinte

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an táin	na táinte
Genitive	na tána	na dtáinte
Dative	leis an táin don táin	leis na táinte

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

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “táin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “táin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 709
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “táin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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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