taca

See also: Appendix:Variations of "taca"

Berawan

Noun

taca

1. floor (lower part of a room)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tacca, compare French tache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈta.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈta.ka]

Noun

taca f (plural taques)

1. stain, spot, mark

   una taca de pintallavis ― a stain of lipstick

Derived terms

• tacar

Further reading

• “taca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “taca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “taca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

taca

1. inflection of tacar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑkə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish taca (“prop, support”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch; to establish, support”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τάσσω (tássō, “I establish, arrange, post”).

Noun

taca m (genitive singular taca, nominative plural tacaí)

1. prop, support
2. supporter (of person)

   Synonym: taca fear

3. (boxing) second
4. (hurling, Gaelic football) back

   Synonyms: cosantóir, cúlaí

5. point (in time)
6. (snooker) rest

Declension

Declension of taca

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative taca tacaí Vocative a thaca a thacaí Genitive taca tacaí Dative taca tacaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an taca na tacaí Genitive an taca na dtacaí Dative leis an taca don taca leis na tacaí

Derived terms

• balla taca
• i dtaca le
• taca crochta
• taca droma
• tacabhloc
• tacacheap

 

Etymology 2

From English tack.

Noun

taca m (genitive singular taca, nominative plural tacaí)

1. (sailing) tack

   Synonym: taca seoil

Declension

Declension of taca

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative taca tacaí Vocative a thaca a thacaí Genitive taca tacaí Dative taca tacaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an taca na tacaí Genitive an taca na dtacaí Dative leis an taca don taca leis na tacaí

Derived terms

• taca chrann uachtair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
taca	thaca	dtaca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “taca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “taca”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “taca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Occitan

Alternative forms

• tacha (Limousin)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

taca f (plural tacas)

1. blot, stain or smear

References

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 578.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• तच (Devanagari script)
• তচ (Bengali script)
• තච (Sinhalese script)
• တစ or တၸ (Burmese script)
• ตจ or ตะจะ (Thai script)
• ᨲᨧ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕຈ or ຕະຈະ (Lao script)
• តច (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄌 (Chakma script)

Noun

taca m

1. skin
2. bark
3. hide

Declension

Declension table of "taca" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	taco	tacā
Accusative (second)	tacaṃ	tace
Instrumental (third)	tacena	tacehi or tacebhi
Dative (fourth)	tacassa or tacāya or tacatthaṃ	tacānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	tacasmā or tacamhā or tacā	tacehi or tacebhi
Genitive (sixth)	tacassa	tacānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	tacasmiṃ or tacamhi or tace	tacesu
Vocative (calling)	taca	tacā

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “taca”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tasse, from French tasse, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās) (a shortening of طَسْت (ṭast)), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt), ultimately from the past participle of the Proto-Iranian verb *taš- (“to make, construct; to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.t͡sa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at͡sa
• Syllabification: ta‧ca

Noun

taca f (diminutive tacka)

1. tray, salver

   na srebrnej tacy ― on a silver platter

2. collection plate (a plate for collecting offerings during a religious service)
3. (figuratively) offering (a contribution given at a religious service)

   Dzisiejsza taca zostanie przeznaczona na remont kościoła. ― Today's offering will be used for the renovation of the church.

Declension

Declension of taca

	singular	plural
nominative	taca	tace
genitive	tacy	tac
dative	tacy	tacom
accusative	tacę	tace
instrumental	tacą	tacami
locative	tacy	tacach
vocative	taco	tace

Descendants

• → Yiddish: טאַץ (tats)

Further reading

• taca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• taca in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: ta‧ca

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• taka (unadapted form)

Noun

taca m (plural tacas)

1. taka (currency of Bangladesh)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

taca

1. inflection of tacar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaxkə/

Etymology 1

From English tack.

Noun

taca f

1. (sailing, Arran) tack (the fastening of a sail)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish taca (“prop, support”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch; to establish, support”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τάσσω (tássō, “I establish, arrange, post”).

Noun

taca m (genitive singular taca, plural tacan)

1. prop
2. surety
3. peg
4. Alternative form of tacaid

Spanish

Verb

taca

1. inflection of tacar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative