taghta

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɯht̪ʌ/[1]
  • (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰɤht̪ə/[2]

Verb

taghta

  1. past participle of tagh

Adjective

taghta

  1. chosen, selected, picked
  2. elected, polled
  3. choice, select
  4. (theology) elect
    na daoine taghta ― the elect; those who are foreordained to Heaven
  5. excellent, perfect
  6. fine, alright
    tha thu taghta ― you're fine; don't worry
    A bheil thu taghta taobh a-muigh an siud?
    Are you alright out there?

Adverb

taghta

  1. really, truly (intensifier)
    tha sin taghta math! ― that's really excellent!

Mutation

Mutation of taghta
radical lenition
taghta thaghta

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 23

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “taghta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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