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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
tapaidh, clever, active, so Ir., E. Ir. tapad, suddenness, alertness, top, sudden; from the same root as obann (Stokes).
tap-dubh, tattooo (R.D.).
taplach, a wallet, repository, Ir. taplaigh; for tap-lach, from tap, tow, etc.
tarachair, augur, so Ir.; for tarathar. See tora.
taraid, truncheon or staff of authority (Hend.):
taran, the ghost of an unbaptised infant (Sh., O'R.); for tacharan?
tarbh, a bull, Ir. tarbh, E. Ir. tarbh, W. tarw, Corn. tarow, Br. taro, tarv, Gaul. tarvos: *tarvos; Lat. taurus; Gr. γαῦρος (= τάρφος); Pruss. tauris, buffalo, Ch. Sl. turŭ, auroch. Prellwitz thinks the Celtic not allied to Gr. ταῦρος, etc., which he refers to the root tau, tu (stû gives Eng. steer).
tarcuis, also talcuis, contempt. Ir., M. Ir. tarcuisne, E. Ir. tarcusul:
targadh, ruling, governing, assembly (Lh., etc.), Ir. targadh:
targaid, a target, Ir. targáid; from Eng.
targair, foretell, Ir. tairrghirim; see tairgneachd.
tàrladh, it happened; see thàrladh.
tàrlaid, a slave, thrall; from Eng. varlet?
tàrmachadh, producing, originating, source, dwelling, Ir. tórmach, an increasing, a growing ripe for bearing, magnifying, O. Ir. tórmach, an increase: *to-for-mach, root mag, power (Eng. may, might, etc.).
tàrmachan, a ptarmigan, Ir. tarmochan; Eng. ptarmigan is hence (Skeat). Also tarman, from tarm, murmur (Carm.):
tarmachan-dé, white butterfly (Carm.):
tàrmus, dislike of food: *to-air-meas; see meas.
tàrnach, thunder-clap; see táirneanach.
tàrnadair, inn-keeper; from L. Lat. tabernator, tavern-keeper, Lat. taberna, Eng. tabern.
tarp, a clod, lump (Sh., O'B., etc.), Ir. tarp, tarpán; from Norse torf, a turf, sod, Eng. turf.
tàrr, lower part of the belly, tail, breast, Ir. tárr, belly, lower part of the belly, E. Ir. tarr, W. tor, Br. tor, O. Br. tar: *tarsâ, tarmsâ; Sc. thairm, belly, gut, Eng. tharm, Ger. darm, bowels; Gr. τράμις, tail, entrail, hip joint. Stokes gives the Celtic *targsâ, allied to Lat. terbus, back.
tarrag, a nail; see tàirng.
tarruing, pull, draw, so Ir., E. Ir. tairrngim: *to-air-rengim, from E. Ir. ringim, hang, tear, from reng, a nasalised form of reg, stretch (see ruighe).
tarraid, also tèarraid, sheriff officer, tipstaff (Dial.); see earraid.
