taoi

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪ˠiː]

Verb

taoi

1. (Munster, archaic) second-person singular present indicative of bí

Usage notes

• Formerly used primarily in Munster though still very common in Kerry as conas taoi? (“how are you?”); the synthetic form táir is now even rarer than older taoi, while the less historical analytic form tá tú as promulgated in the controversial Caighdeán Oifigiúil ("Official Standard") is non-existent in Western Munster, where the even less historical form tánn (and fuileann after particles) is used before the 2nd person singular tú and plural sibh.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN