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Taig

Taig

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A personal name from Ireland used as a first or family name
  • proper noun
: Taig
  • The famous author, Taig, spoke at the literary festival this year.
  • Maureen Taig
  • Taig's father
  • Taig said

Examples

  • Everyone knows Taig as a charismatic storyteller in our community.

  • And I hit him right in his dirty Taig face.

  • In fact, just the memory, if you read the sports section this morning, you notice that the athletic director, Norman Taig, made mention that he was with his father.

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  • Maureen Taig received a beautiful necklace for her birthday from her sister.

Compounds

9.9

A group of people in Northern Ireland who support a united Ireland

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Taig is the English form of the Irish name Tadhg, which originally meant 'poet' or 'storyteller'. That's why Taig as a given name or surname points back to an Irish Gaelic word for someone who made poems and told stories.