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tagair

tagair

Irish

Alternative forms

  • tigir

Verb

tagair

  1. (archaic, Munster) second-person singular present indicative of tar
  2. (archaic, Munster) second-person singular present subjunctive of tar
    go dtagair ― that you sg may come

Usage notes

The standard form is analytic: indicative tagann ; subjunctive go dtaga .

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tagair thagair dtagair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish do·accair (plead, sue, argue).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰakɪrʲ/

Verb

tagair (past thagair, future tagraidh, verbal noun tagairt or tagradh, past participle tagairte)

  1. claim (a right or possession)
  2. (law) plead, sue, prosecute

Derived terms