This page needs to be proofread.
OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
355
*to-ad-ell, form *elnô (Stokes), go, M.W. elwyfi, iero, Corn. yllyf, eam, root ela, Lat. ambulare, walk, Gr. ἐλαúνω, drive, proceed; likely also Fr. aller, go.
tadhal, goal, hail; from Eng. hail.
tagair, plead, Ir. tagair (imper.), tagraim, E. Ir. tacraim, O. Ir. tacre, argumentum: *to-ad-gar-, root gar, as in goir, agair.
tagh, choose, Ir. toghaim, O. Ir. togu, eligo, electio: *to-gusô, root gus, choose, taste; Lat. gusto, taste; Gr. γεúω, taste; Eng. choose.
taghairm, noise, echo, a mode of divination by listening to the noise of water cascades, Ir. toghairm, summons, petition, O. Ir. togairm, invocatio; from to- and gairm.
taghan, the marten:
tagradh, ghost (Suth. R.D.):
taibhs, taibhse, an apparition, ghost, Ir. taibhse, vision, ghost, M. Ir. tadhbais, phantasma, O. Ir. taidbse, demonstratio, tadbat, demonstrat, *tad-bat or *to-ad-bat, root bat, show, see, speak, I. E. bhâ, bhan as in bàn, q.v. Gr. φάντασμα, Eng. phantasm, and phantom are closely allied to the G.
taibid, a taunt; see teabaid.
taibse, propriety of speech: "precision", E. Ir. tepe, cutting; see teabaid.
taic, support, proximity, Ir. taca, prop, surety, fastening, toice, prop, wealth, tacamhuil, firm, aice, support, food, near, M. Ir. aicc, a bond, E. Ir. aicce, relationship: *akki-, *pakki-, root pak, bind; Lat. paciscor, agree, pax, peace; Eng. fang, Got. fahan, seize: Zend paç, bind. The root is a triplet -- pak, pag, pagh (Gr. πήγνυμι, make fast, Lat. pango, Eng. page, etc.). Zimmer refers E. Ir. aicce to the root of agus, aig.
taidhe, attention, heed, Ir. uidh, O. Ir. oid, óid, con-ói, servat: *audi-, root av, watch, Lat. aveo, desire, audeo, dare, Skr. av, favour (see àill further). The t of G. is due to the phrase "Thoir taidhe" (= thoir do aidhe) - Take thy heed: a phrase to which the word is practically restricted, and which accounts for the short vowel of the G. and Ir., the sentence accent being on the verb.
taidheam, meaning, import; see oidheam.
taifeid, a bow-string:
taig, attachment, custom; cf. aig, at.
taigeis, haggis; from Sc. haggis, O. Fr. hachis, Eng. hash, from hack.
taighlich, chattels (Heb.); a side form of teaghlach.
tail, substance, wages, taileas, wages, Ir. táille, wages, M. Ir. taile, salarium, W. tâl, payment, Cor., O. Br. tal, solvit, root
