tarcaisne
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish tarcoisi.[4]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tarcaisne f (genitive singular tarcaisne, nominative plural tarcaisní)
- contempt, scorn, disparagement
- Synonym: dímheas
- insult, affront, indignity, slur, slight, taunt
- contumely, abuse
- Synonym: íde béil
- fulaing tarcaisne ― to endure an insult, eat dirt
- rabharta tarcaisne ― a torrent of abuse
Declension[edit]
Declension of tarcaisne
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- 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[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
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| 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[edit]
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tarcuisne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 720
- ^ “tarcaisne”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tarcasal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tarcaisne, tarcaise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tarcaisne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN