Tadhg

Irish Etymology From ga mga Tadg (whence also non Taðkr), from the common noun sga tadg poet,39442 1 tadg from pre-Goidelic cel-pro *tazgos, from ga cel-pro *taskos badger. Cognate with gv Taig and with cel-gau - names like la Tasgetius, la Tasciovanus, la Moritasgus. Pronunciation ga Munster,Connacht /t̪ˠai(ə)ɡ/ 98 195 !!! 23 98 ga Ulster /t̪ˠeːɡ/ /t̪ˠɤːɡ/ older 30 70 Proper noun m Thaidhg ga male Old Irish, historically anglicized as en Thaddeus or en Timothy but etymologically unrelated to them. Derived terms ga Tadhg an mhargaidh the man in the street ga Tadhg an dá thaobh two-faced person ga aithníonn/tuigeann Tadhg Taidhgín it takes one to know one ga Tadhgán diminutive ga Ó Tadhgáin surname en Tegan Teagan 1 ga Taidhgín diminutive Descendants 1 en taig Teague yol Thieg 1 Mutation References smaller Further reading