taigh-òsta

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• taigh-òsda

Etymology

From taigh +‎ òsta. According to MacBain, òsta (earlier òsda) is from Middle English ooste, hoste (“hotel, house, hospitium”), itself from Old French oste (“innkeeper, landlord, host”), from Latin hospitium. Stokes suggests it is taken directly from Old French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰəjˈɔːs̪t̪ə/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰəjˈɔ.əs̪t̪]

Noun

taigh-òsta m (genitive singular taighe-òsta, plural taighean-òsta)

1. hotel, inn, hostelry

   Loisg an taigh-òsta seo gu talamh! ― Burn this hotel to the ground!

Derived terms

• taigh-òsta motarachd m (“motel”)

Mutation

Mutation of taigh-òsta

radical	lenition
taigh-òsta	thaigh-òsta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “taigh-òsta”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN