Taig

See also: taig

English

Noun

Taig (plural Taigs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of taig (“Roman Catholic”)
    • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 289:
      Ya Fenian cunt. Ya shiftless fucking soapdodging Taig.

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

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, anglicized as Timothy but etymologically unrelated.

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
TaigHaigDaig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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