taca

taca

1. floor (lower part of a room)

Vulgar Latin *tacca, compare French tache.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈta.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ka/

taca f (plural taques)

1. stain, spot, mark

   una taca de pintallavis ― a stain of lipstick

• tacar

• “taca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “taca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “taca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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”).

taca m (genitive singular taca, nominative plural tacaí)

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

   Synonym: taca fear

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

   Synonyms: cosantóir, cúlaí, fear cúil

5. point (in time)

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “taca”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

From English tack.

taca m (genitive singular taca, nominative plural tacaí)

1. (sailing) tack

   Synonym: taca seoil

• taca chrann uachtair

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

• tacha (Limousin)

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taca f (plural tacas)

1. blot, stain or smear

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 578.

taca m

1. skin
2. bark
3. hide

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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -at͡sa
• Syllabification: ta‧ca

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.

• → Yiddish: טאַץ‎ (tats)

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

taca

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

From English tack.

taca f

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

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”).

taca m (genitive singular taca, plural tacan)

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

taca

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