tabhair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ·tabair, prototonic form of do·beir.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠuːɾʲ/
  • (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɾʲ/
  • Note: The phrase tabhair dhom (give me, gimme) is pronounced /ˈt̪ˠɔɾˠəmˠ/ in rapid speech.

Verb

tabhair (present analytic tugann, future analytic tabharfaidh, verbal noun tabhairt, past participle tugtha) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. give
  2. bring

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • tabhair aird (pay attention, heed)
  • tabhair ar (give in exchange for; call, name)
  • tabhair as (take, bring, out of)
  • tabhair chuig (take to; bring to)
  • tabhair chun (take to; bring to)
  • tabhair do (give to; yield, concede, to)
  • tabhair faoi (attempt, undertake; attack)
  • tabhair i (take, bring, into)
  • tabhair isteach (introduce; retrieve)
  • tabhair le (grasp mentally, infer; turn towards)
  • tabhair ó (bring from; make, attempt)
  • tabhair suas (give up)
  • tabhartha (illegitimate)
  • tabharthach (dative)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tabhair thabhair dtabhair
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), “do·beir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “do-ḃeirim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 249
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tugaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 763
  • Entries containing “tabhair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ·tabair, prototonic form of do·beir.[1]

Verb

tabhair (past thug, future bheir, verbal noun toirt, past participle tugta)

  1. give, bestow, grant

Usage notes

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tabhairthabhair
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), “do·beir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “tabhair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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