Scottish Gaelic

Noun

Tarbh m

1. Taurus (Constellation, Zodiac)

See also

• Reithe
• Saighdear
• Leth-aonan
• Fear Giùlan Uisge
• Partan
• A' Mhaighdeann
• Meidh
• Na h-Iasgan

Irish

Noun

tarbh m ‎(genitive singular tairbh, nominative plural tairbh)

1. bull

Declension

• Alternative plurals:
  • toirbh (Cois Fharraige)
  • tuirbh

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "tarbh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “tarb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tarb, from Proto-Celtic *tarwos ‎(“bull”) (compare Welsh tarw, Cornish tarow, Breton tarv, Gaulish taruos), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros ‎(“bull”) (compare Latin taurus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪ʰaɾav]

Noun

tarbh m ‎(genitive singular tairbh, plural tairbh)

1. bull
2. (astronomy, astrology) Taurus

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “tarb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.