Taig
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A personal name from Ireland used as a first or family name
- proper noun
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Taig
- The famous author, Taig, spoke at the literary festival this year.
- Maureen Taig
- Taig's father
- Taig said
Examples
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Everyone knows Taig as a charismatic storyteller in our community.
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And I hit him right in his dirty Taig face.
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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
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.