tacsaí

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English taxi.

Noun

tacsaí m (genitive singular tacsaí, nominative plural tacsaithe)

taxi

Declension

Declension of tacsaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tacsaí	tacsaithe
Vocative	a thacsaí	a thacsaithe
Genitive	tacsaí	tacsaithe
Dative	tacsaí	tacsaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tacsaí	na tacsaithe
Genitive	an tacsaí	na dtacsaithe
Dative	leis an tacsaí don tacsaí	leis na tacsaithe

Derived terms

fear tacsaí, tiománaí tacsaí (“taxi driver”)
méadar tacsaí, tacsaiméadar (“taximeter”)
tacsaí-bhus (“taxibus”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tacsaí	thacsaí	dtacsaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tacsaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “tacsaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “tacsaí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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