i dtaobh

Irish

Preposition

i dtaobh (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)

1. about
   • 2007, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Breandán Ó Doibhlin, An Prionsa Beag, Dublin: Read Ireland, →ISBN, page 1:

     Nuair a bhí mé sé bliana d’aois, chonaic mé, uair amháin, pictiúr iontach i leabhar i dtaobh na foraise darbh ainm “Scéalta fíora.”

     Once when I was six years old, I saw a wonderful picture in a book about the forest called “True stories.”

   • 18 September 2012, Foinse, Deir Mitt Romney go bhfuil vótálaithe Obama ‘ag brath ar an rialtas’ i bhfíseán a sceitheadh

     Is cosúil go bhfuil Romney ag labhairt le grúpa deontóirí saibhre níos luaithe i mbliana san fhíseán agus é ag labhairt go hoscailte faoina straitéis le díriú ar an bpíosa beag den daonra nach bhfuil cinneadh déanta acu go fóill i dtaobh toghchán na Samhna ...

     Romney appears to be talking to a group of rich donors earlier this year in the video, and he’s talking openly about the strategy of _targeting the small portion of the population who still haven’t made a decision about November’s election ...

   Synonym: faoi

Inflection

Inflection of i dtaobh

	Person:		simple	emphatic
singular	first		i mo thaobh	i mo thaobhsa
	second		i do thaobh	i do thaobhsa
	third	m	ina thaobh	ina thaobhsan
		f	ina taobh	ina taobhsa
plural	first		inár dtaobh	inár dtaobhna
	second		in bhur dtaobh	in bhur dtaobhsa
	third		ina dtaobh	ina dtaobhsan

Derived terms

• cad ina thaobh (“what about? why?”)