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Tánaiste

Tánaiste

See also: tánaiste

English

Proper noun

Tánaiste

the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland

Anagrams

tánaiste

tánaiste

See also: Tánaiste

Irish

Noun

tánaiste m ‎(genitive singular tánaiste, nominative plural tánaistí)

(historical, monarchy) tanist, heir presumptive
(politics) deputy prime minister
second-in-command, second in rank or dignity; next in order
third finger

Declension

Declension of tánaiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tánaiste	tánaistí
Vocative	a thánaiste	a thánaistí
Genitive	tánaiste	tánaistí
Dative	tánaiste	tánaistí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tánaiste	na tánaistí
Genitive	an tánaiste	na dtánaistí
Dative	leis an tánaiste don tánaiste	leis na tánaistí

Alternative forms

ánaiste (archaic)

Derived terms

i dtánaiste ‎(“next to, almost”)

Adjective

tánaiste

(genitive as attributive adjective) the second, another

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tánaiste	thánaiste	dtánaiste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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