tapaidh

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑpˠɪɟ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠapˠi/

Adjective

tapaidh (genitive singular feminine tapaí, plural tapaí, comparative tapaí)

  1. Munster and Ulster form of tapa

Declension
Declension of tapaidh
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tapaidh thapaidh tapaí;
thapaí²
Vocative thapaidh tapaí
Genitive tapaí tapaí tapaidh
Dative tapaidh;
thapaidh¹		 thapaidh tapaí;
thapaí²
Comparative níos tapaí
Superlative is tapaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

tapaidh

  1. vocative/genitive singular of tapadh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tapaidh thapaidh dtapaidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish tapaid (“quick, swift”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰahpɪ/

Adjective

tapaidh

  1. handy
  2. clever, smart
  3. burly, hardy, sturdy
  4. courageous, manly

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tapaidhthapaidh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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