taispeáin

Irish

Alternative forms

  • spáin, ’spáin, taiseáin, taspáin, teaspáin, tiospáin
  • sbáin, 'sbáin, taisbean, taisbéan, taisbéin, taisbeun, taispeán, tasbáin, taspeáin, teasbáin, teasbán, tiosbáin, tisbeán (obsolete)
  • taisbeáin, taisbeán, tasbáin, teasbáin (superseded)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish taisbénaid, from Old Irish do·aisféna.

Pronunciation

  • Forms retaining original tai-:
    • (Munster)
      (Cork) IPA(key): /tʲiʃˈpʲɑːnʲ/; /tʲɪˈʃaːnʲ/ (corresponding to tiseáin)[2]
    • (Connacht)
      (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠisˠpˠɑːnʲ/[3], /ˈt̪ˠusˠpˠɑːnʲ/ (corresponding to taspáin)
      (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɨsˠpʲɑːnˠ/ (corresponding to tiospáin)[4]; /t̪ˠəˈʃaːnʲ/ (corresponding to taiseáin); /ˈtʲiʃɑːnʲ/ (corresponding to tiseáin)[5]
    • (Ulster)
      (South Donegal) IPA(key): /ˈtʲeʃanʲ/, /ˈtʲɞʃanʲ/[6], /ˈtʲiʃɨnʲ/ (corresponding to tiseáin), /ˈtʲeʃpʲanʲ/
      (North Donegal) IPA(key): /ˈtʲɛʃn̠ʲi/[7] (reanalyzed as a second-conjugation verb)
  • Forms deleting original tai-:

Verb

taispeáin (present analytic taispeánann, future analytic taispeánfaidh, verbal noun taispeáint, past participle taispeánta)

  1. (transitive) to show
  2. to appear (of ghost, etc.)
  3. (military) to port (arms)

Conjugation

Alternative verbal noun: taispeánadh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of taispeáin
radical lenition eclipsis
taispeáin thaispeáin dtaispeáin

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

References

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