tigh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tigh m (genitive singular , nominative plural tithe)

  1. Alternative form of teach (house)

Noun

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tigh

  1. dative singular of teach

Preposition

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tigh (plus genitive, triggers no mutation directly, but definite noun phrases in the genitive are always lenited)

  1. at the house of; chez
    tigh múinteoraat a teacher’s house
    tigh Bhriainat Brian’s

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tigh thigh dtigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 69

Middle English

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Noun

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tigh

  1. Alternative form of teye (chest, enclosure)