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tagh

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish togaid, from Old Irish do·goa, from Proto-Celtic *to-guso-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-. Compare Irish togh.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t̪ʰɤː/, /t̪ʰɤɣ/

Verb

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tagh (past thagh, future taghaidh, verbal noun taghadh, past participle taghte)

  1. choose, select
  2. vote, elect

Usage notes

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  • According to the Gaelic Orthographic Conventions, the standard past participle, taghte, is used for literal senses of the word, whereas the older form taghta is used for figurative senses.

Mutation

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Mutation of tagh
radical lenition
tagh thagh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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