taobhaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

taobhuigh (superseded)

Etymology

From taobh +‎ -igh; compare Scottish Gaelic taobhaich.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠeːvˠɪɟ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠiːwiː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠiːwi/, (older) /ˈt̪ˠɯːwi/

Verb

taobhaigh (present analytic taobhaíonn, future analytic taobhóidh, verbal noun taobhú, past participle taobhaithe) [with le]

to side with, be partial to
to espouse (accept, take as one’s own), support (back mentally or concretely)
to trust, place confidence in, confide in
to entrust to
to approach (come or go near)
to enjoin (lay on, as a command)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *taobhaigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	taobhaím	taobhaíonn tú; taobhaír^†	taobhaíonn sé, sí	taobhaímid; taobhaíonn muid	taobhaíonn sibh	taobhaíonn siad; taobhaíd^†	a thaobhaíonn; a thaobhaíos	taobhaítear
past	thaobhaigh mé; thaobhaíos	thaobhaigh tú; thaobhaís	thaobhaigh sé, sí	thaobhaíomar; thaobhaigh muid	thaobhaigh sibh; thaobhaíobhair	thaobhaigh siad; thaobhaíodar	a thaobhaigh	taobhaíodh
past habitual	thaobhaínn / taobhaínn^‡	thaobhaíteá / taobhaíteá^‡	thaobhaíodh sé, sí / taobhaíodh sé, sí^‡	thaobhaímis; thaobhaíodh muid / taobhaímis^‡; taobhaíodh muid^‡	thaobhaíodh sibh / taobhaíodh sibh^‡	thaobhaídís; thaobhaíodh / taobhaídís^‡; taobhaíodh siad^‡	a thaobhaíodh	thaobhaítí / taobhaítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	taobhóidh mé; taobhód; taobhóchaidh mé^†	taobhóidh tú; taobhóir^†; taobhóchaidh tú^†	taobhóidh sé, sí; taobhóchaidh sé, sí^†	taobhóimid; taobhóidh muid; taobhóchaimid^†; taobhóchaidh muid^†	taobhóidh sibh; taobhóchaidh sibh^†	taobhóidh siad; taobhóid^†; taobhóchaidh siad^†	a thaobhóidh; a thaobhós; a thaobhóchaidh^†; a thaobhóchas^†	taobhófar; taobhóchar^†
conditional	thaobhóinn; thaobhóchainn^† / taobhóinn^‡; taobhóchainn^†^‡	thaobhófá; thaobhóchthá^† / taobhófá^‡; taobhóchthá^†^‡	thaobhódh sé, sí; thaobhóchadh sé, sí^† / taobhódh sé, sí^‡; taobhóchadh sé, sí^†^‡	thaobhóimis; thaobhódh muid; thaobhóchaimis^†; thaobhóchadh muid^† / taobhóimis^‡; taobhódh muid^‡; taobhóchaimis^†^‡; taobhóchadh muid^†^‡	thaobhódh sibh; thaobhóchadh sibh^† / taobhódh sibh^‡; taobhóchadh sibh^†^‡	thaobhóidís; thaobhódh siad; thaobhóchaidís^†; thaobhóchadh siad^† / taobhóidís^‡; taobhódh siad^‡; taobhóchaidís^†^‡; taobhóchadh siad^†^‡	a thaobhódh; a thaobhóchadh^†	thaobhófaí; thaobhóchthaí^† / taobhófaí^‡; taobhóchthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go dtaobhaí mé; go dtaobhaíod^†	go dtaobhaí tú; go dtaobhaír^†	go dtaobhaí sé, sí	go dtaobhaímid; go dtaobhaí muid	go dtaobhaí sibh	go dtaobhaí siad; go dtaobhaíd^†	—	go dtaobhaítear
past	dá dtaobhaínn	dá dtaobhaíteá	dá dtaobhaíodh sé, sí	dá dtaobhaímis; dá dtaobhaíodh muid	dá dtaobhaíodh sibh	dá dtaobhaídís; dá dtaobhaíodh siad	—	dá dtaobhaítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	taobhaím	taobhaigh	taobhaíodh sé, sí	taobhaímis	taobhaígí; taobhaídh^†	taobhaídís	—	taobhaítear

past participle	taobhaithe

verbal noun	taobhú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

taobhaíocht f (“support”)
taobhaitheoir m (“supporter”)

Related terms

iontaofa (“trustworthy”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *taobhaigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
taobhaigh	thaobhaigh	dtaobhaigh

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