Cork Irish

Táim is an irregular verb.  Its verbal noun is bheith /vʹeh/, which is always found lenited in the modern language. There is no verbal adjective.

Simple present tense

Note: relative forms are produced by prefixing a- to the verb, eg atá. This reflects the fact that the verb táim was originally atáim. The relative form can have the t lenited in pronunciation, especially after a word ending in a vowel. I have no evidence of a possible negative pronunciation /nʹi:lʹhər/; it is an intriguing possibility. While traditional sources speak of second-person singular forms such as táir, these are not in use, and may never have been in wide use, but may still be met with in literature. Similarly, the second-person singular form may occasionally be found in literature as nílir. A more traditional second-person singular form taoi is still found in the phrase conas taoi-se? The traditional second-person plural form táthaoi /tɑ:’hi:/ is occasionally encountered in literature. The third-person plural form is properly táid siad and not just táid, as attested in literature going back centuries.

Habitual present tense

Note: the autonomous form resisted lenition after ní and the direct relative particle in older forms of Cork Irish.

Simple past tense

Future tense

Note: the autonomous form resisted lenition after ní and the direct relative particle in older forms of Cork Irish.

Conditional tense

Note: permanently lenited, even in older forms of Cork Irish.

Past habitual or imperfect tense

Note: permanently lenited, even in older forms of Cork Irish.

Imperative mood

Present subjunctive

Note: other than raibh, the above forms are exceedingly rarely found. It seems that with this verb, the subjunctive forms are only used in optative contexts; otherwise the future forms are used.

Imperfect subjunctive