tarcaisne

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish tarcoisi.[4]

Pronunciation

Noun

tarcaisne f (genitive singular tarcaisne, nominative plural tarcaisní)

  1. contempt, scorn, disparagement
    Synonym: dímheas
  2. insult, affront, indignity, slur, slight, taunt
    Synonyms: masla, achasán
    tabhair tarcaisne do (dhuine) ― to insult (someone)
  3. contumely, abuse
    Synonym: íde béil
    fulaing tarcaisne ― to endure an insult, eat dirt
    rabharta tarcaisne ― a torrent of abuse

Declension
Declension of tarcaisne

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tarcaisne tarcaisní
Vocative a tharcaisne a tharcaisní
Genitive tarcaisne tarcaisní
Dative tarcaisne tarcaisní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tarcaisne na tarcaisní
Genitive na tarcaisne na dtarcaisní
Dative leis an tarcaisne

don tarcaisne

 leis na tarcaisní

Derived terms
  • cuir an tarcaisne i gceann na héagóra (“to add insult to injury”)
  • méadaíonn an taithí an tarcaisne (“familiarity breeds contempt”)
  • tarcaisneach
  • tarcaisneoir
  • tarcaisnigh
  • tarcaisníl
  • tarcaisniú
  • tarcaisniúil

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

References
  1. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tarcuisne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 720
  2. “tarcaisne”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tarcasal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tarcaisne, tarcaise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92

Further reading
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