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Where does “-ta” come from?

-ta (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic -te, from Old Irish -de — Used to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...

-ta (Scottish Gaelic): Alternative form of -te

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -te

Ancestry of “-ta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelic-teUsed to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense...
2Old Irish-deUsed to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...

Words derived from “-ta”

  • puinnseanta
  • nàiseanta
  • nàiseantach
  • eadarnàiseanta
  • sòisealta
  • nàiseantachd
  • os-nàiseanta
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