Tadhg

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish Tadg (whence also Old Norse Taðkr), from the common noun tadg (“poet”),[1] from pre-Goidelic *tazgos, from Proto-Celtic *taskos (“badger”). Cognate with Manx Taig and with Gaulish names like Tasgetius, Tasciovanus, Moritasgus.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɑi(ə)ɡ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠeːɡ/, (older) /t̪ˠɤːɡ/[3]

Proper noun

Tadhg m (genitive Thaidhg)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, historically anglicized as Thaddeus or Timothy but etymologically unrelated to them.

Derived terms
  • Tadhg an mhargaidh (“the man in the street”)
  • Tadhg Ó Rudaí (“Joe Bloggs, John Q. Public”)
  • Tadhg an dá thaobh (“two-faced person”)
  • aithníonn/tuigeann Tadhg Taidhgín (“it takes one to know one”)
  • Tadhgán (diminutive)
    • Ó Tadhgáin (surname)
      • → English: Te(a)gan
  • Taidhgín (diminutive)

Descendants

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 tadg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 70, page 30

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Tadhg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “Tadhg” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “Tadhg” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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