taibhse

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish taidbsiu,[2] verbal noun of do·adbat.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

taibhse f (genitive singular taibhse, nominative plural taibhsí)

  1. ghost
  2. appearance

Declension[edit]

Declension of taibhse

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative taibhse taibhsí
Vocative a thaibhse a thaibhsí
Genitive taibhse taibhsí
Dative taibhse taibhsí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an taibhse na taibhsí
Genitive na taibhse na dtaibhsí
Dative leis an taibhse

don taibhse

leis na taibhsí

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
taibhse thaibhse dtaibhse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “taibhse”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “taidbsiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98

Further reading[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish taidbsiu, verbal noun of do·adbat.

Noun[edit]

taibhse m or f (genitive singular taibhse, plural taibhsean)

  1. apparition, spirit, spectre, phantom, ghost
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Norn tåisti.

Noun[edit]

taibhse f (genitive singular taibhse, plural taibhsean)

  1. common murre

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
taibhse thaibhse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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