- tairis
- I
the dairymaid's cry to calm a cow: cf. Old Irish tairissim, sto, *to-air-sess, from sess as in seas, q.v.IIkind, loving, Irish tairis, loyal, Early Irish tairisse, true, loyal: "stable", from to-air-sess, from sess, stop, stand, as in seas, q.v.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.