tairseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• tairsing
• táirseach (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish tairsech (“threshold”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɔɾˠsˠa(x)/^[2]

Noun

tairseach f (genitive singular tairsí, nominative plural tairseacha)

1. threshold (myriad senses); sill
2. (Internet) portal

Declension

Declension of tairseach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tairseach tairseacha vocative a thairseach a thairseacha genitive tairsí tairseach dative tairseach tairsigh (archaic, dialectal) tairseacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tairseach na tairseacha genitive na tairsí na dtairseach dative leis an tairseach leis an tairsigh (archaic, dialectal) don tairseach don tairsigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na tairseacha

Derived terms

• tairseach fuinneoige (“windowsill”)
• tairseachúil (“liminal”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tairseach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tairseach	thairseach	dtairseach

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

References

1. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tairsech ?”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tairseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN