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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
tabaid, fight, brawl; Br. has tabut of like force; see sabaid. Cf. Sc. debate.
tàbar, a tabor, Ir. tabár; from the Eng.
tabh, teh sea, ocean; from Norse haf, Swed. haf, Dan. hav, the open sea, Ag. S. haef. From Norse also comes the Sc. (Shet.) haaf, open sea.
tàbh, a spoon-net; from Norse háfr, a pock-net.
tabhach, a sudden eruption, a forcing, a pull, Ir. tabhach, sudden eruption, compulsion, tobhachaim, I compel, E. Ir. tobach, levying, distraint, from dobongaim: for root see buain.
tàbhachd, substantiality, effectiveness, Ir. tábhachd, M.ir. tabhuchta (Meyer):
tabhair, give, so Ir., E. Ir. tabraim, O. Ir. tabur, do, post-particle form of dobiur, now G. bheir, q.v.: inf. tabhairt, so Ir. See thoir.
tabhal, a sling, Ir. tabhall, E. Ir. taball, W. rafl, a cast, taflu, jacere, Cor. toula, Br. taol, a cast, blow: *taballo-, root tab, to fire, sling; cf. Eng. stab.
tàbhairn, an inn, tavern, Ir. tabhairne; from Lat. taberna, Eng. tavern.
tàbharnach, noisy (Suth.):
tabhann, barking, Ir. tathfan: *to-sven-, root sven, sound (see seinn).
tàbhastal, tedious nonsense:
tac, a lease, tack; from Sc. tack.
tacaid, a tack, tacket, Ir. taca; from the Eng.
tacan, a while, short time; from tac.
tacar, (tàcar, H.S.D.), provision, plenty, support, Ir. tacar, a collection, gleaning, contrivance. Cf. N. taka, income.
tachair, meet, happen, Manx taghyrt, to happen, an accident, Ir. tachair, he arrived at; from to- and car, turn.
tàcharan, a ghost, yelling of a ghost, an orphan, Ir. tacharán:
tachas, itching, scratching, Ir. tochas:
tachd, choke, Ir. tachdaim, O. Ir. tachtad, angens. Stokes gives the root as tak and refers to it also W. tagu (and ystagu), choke, Cor., Br. taga. Brugmann and Ascoli analyse tachd into to-acht, root angh, Lat. ango, choke, Gr. ἀγχω, Eng. anger. Root tak as in Lat. tacere (Prellwitz).
tachras, winding yarn, Ir. tocharais, tochardadh, M. Ir. tochartagh: *to-cert-, root qert, wind, as in ceirtle.
tacsa, tacas (Dial.), support, substance; cf. taic.
tàdh, a ledge, layer; cf. spadh.
tadhal, frequenting, visiting, Ir. tadhall, O. Ir. tadal, dat. tadíll, inf. of taidlim, doaidlibem, visitabimus, adall, diverticulum:
