Tadhg

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Tadg (whence also Old Norse Taðkr), from the common noun tadg (“poet”), from Proto-Celtic *tazgos (“poet, storyteller”). Cognate with Manx Taig and with Gaulish names like Tasgetius, Tasciovanus, Moritasgus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ˠəiɡ/

Proper noun

Tadhg m (genitive Thaidhg)

  1. A male given name, historically anglicized as Thaddeus or Timothy but etymologically unrelated to them.

Derived terms

  • Tadhg an mhargaidh (“the man in the street”)
  • Tadhg Ó Rudaí (“Joe Bloggs, John Q. Public”)
  • Tadhg an dá thaobh (“two-faced person”)
  • aithníonn/tuigeann Tadhg Taidhgín (“it takes one to know one”)
  • Tadhgán (diminutive)
    • Ó Tadhgáin (surname)
  • Taidhgín (diminutive)

Descendants

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Tadhg Thadhg dTadhg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “1 tadg” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "Tadhg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “Tadhg” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “Tadhg” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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