Taig
See also: taig
English
Noun
Taig (plural Taigs)
- A Roman Catholic.
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 289:
- Ya Fenian cunt. Ya shiftless fucking soapdodging Taig.
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Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish Tadg, from the common noun tadg (“poet”), from Proto-Celtic *tazgos (“poet, storyteller”). Cognate to Irish Tadhg.
Proper noun
Taig m
- a male given name from Old Irish, anglicized as Timothy but etymologically unrelated.
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Taig | Haig | Daig |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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