tánaiste

See also: Tánaiste

English

Proper noun

tánaiste

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Tánaiste

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tánaise, tánaiste.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑːn̪ˠəʃtʲə/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑːnˠəʃtʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠaːnˠəʃtʲə/
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Noun

tánaiste m (genitive singular tánaiste, nominative plural tánaistí)

  1. (historical, monarchy) tanist, heir presumptive
  2. (politics) deputy prime minister
  3. second-in-command, second in rank or dignity; next in order
  4. third finger

Declension
Declension of tánaiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tánaiste tánaistí
Vocative a thánaiste a thánaistí
Genitive tánaiste tánaistí
Dative tánaiste tánaistí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tánaiste na tánaistí
Genitive an tánaiste na dtánaistí
Dative leis an tánaiste

don tánaiste

 leis na tánaistí

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • i dtánaiste (“next to, almost”)

Descendants
  • → English: Tánaiste, tanist

Adjective

tánaiste

  1. (genitive as attributive adjective) the second, another

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

References
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