# taca
## Berawan
### Noun

taca
* floor (lower part of a room)

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tacca, compare French tache.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈta.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈta.ka]

#### Noun

taca f (plural taques)
* 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, 2025
* “taca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

taca
* inflection of tacar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt̪ˠɑkə/, /ˈt̪ˠakə/

### 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)
* prop, support
* supporter (of person)
    Synonym: taca fear
* (boxing) second
* (hurling, Gaelic football) back
    Synonyms: cosantóir, cúlaí
* point (in time)
* (snooker) rest

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
taca
tacaí
vocative
a thaca
a thacaí
genitive
taca
tacaí
dative
taca
tacaí
forms with the definite article
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)
* (sailing) tack
    Synonym: taca seoil

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
taca
tacaí
vocative
a thaca
a thacaí
genitive
taca
tacaí
dative
taca
tacaí
forms with the definite article
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

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

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 184, page 92

### 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, 2013-2025

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* tacha (Limousin)

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

taca f (plural tacas)
* 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

* 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
* skin
* bark
* hide

#### Declension
### 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: /ˈta.t͡sa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -at͡sa
* Syllabification: ta‧ca

### Noun

taca f (diminutive tacka)
* tray, salver
    na srebrnej tacy ― on a silver platter
* collection plate (a plate for collecting offerings during a religious service)
* (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.

#### 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: /ˈta.kɐ/
* Hyphenation: ta‧ca

### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* taka (unadapted form)

#### Noun

taca m (plural tacas)
* taka (currency of Bangladesh)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

taca
* inflection of tacar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰaxkə/

### Etymology 1

From English tack.

#### Noun

taca f
* (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)
* prop
* surety
* peg
* Alternative form of tacaid

## Spanish
### Verb

taca
* inflection of tacar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative