Tailtiu

== English == === Proper noun === Tailtiu (Irish mythology) A presumed goddess who was the survivor of the invasion of Tuatha Dé Danann and was the foster mother of Lugh. The town in County Meath that was named after her. ==== Alternative forms ==== (goddess): Tailte, Tailltiu, Talti == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt̪al̠ʲ.t̠ʲu/ === Proper noun === Tailtiu f (genitive Tailten) Teltown (a town in County Meath, Ireland) (Irish mythology) A goddess in Irish mythology originally serving as a personification of the town. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: Tailtiu Irish: Tailtin → English: Teltown → English: Tailtiu === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Tailtiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language