taigh

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish taige (compare Manx thie), a form of Old Irish tech, teg (compare modern Irish teach, tigh), from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t̪ʰɤj/, (unstressed) /t̪ʰə/ (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /t̪ʰaj/ (Islay, Sutherland, Easter Ross) IPA(key): /t̪ʰe/ === Noun === taigh m (genitive singular taighe, plural taighean) house, dwelling Tha Seumas anns an taigh. ― James is in the house. ==== Usage notes ==== Often used in compounds. Also used in the expression aig an taigh with the meaning at home: An robh i aig an taigh a h-uile latha? ― Was she at home all day? ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “taigh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tech, teg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language