TAMNACH (Gadhelic),
a green field, common in Irish topography under various forms, such as Tawny, Tawnagh, Tonagh, and Taminy; e.g. Tonaghneeve, for Tamhnaich-naemh (the field of the saints), now Saintfield; Tawnaghlahan (broad field); Tawnkeel (narrow field); Tamnaghbane (white field); Tavnaghdrissagh (the field of the briers).
TANNA (Old Ger.),
wood; tanne (modern), the fir-tree; e.g. Niederthan (the lower wood); Hohenthan (high wood); Thanheim, Thanhausen, Tandorf (the dwellings at the wood); Tanberg (wood hill).
TARBERT, or TAIRBERT (Gadhelic),
an isthmus; e.g. Tarbet, in Cromarty and Ross; Tarbert, in Harris; Tarbet, on Loch Lomond; East and West Tarbert, in Argyleshire; Tarbetness (the point of the isthmus), in Ross-shire.
TARBH (Gadhelic),
TARW (Cym.-Cel.),
a bull, cognate with the Lat. taurus and the Grk. tauros; e.g. Knockatarriv and Knockatarry (the hill of the bull); Clontarf, anc. Cluain-tarbh (the bull’s meadow); Cloontarriff and Cloontarriv, with the same meaning. Some river names, such as Tarf, Tarras, Tarth, Tarn, may have this word as a prefix, or perhaps tara, Irish, rapid.
TARNIK (Sclav.),
the thorn; e.g. Tarnowce and Tarnowitz (thorn village); Tarnau, Tarnow, Tornow, Torniz (a thorny place); Tarnograd (thorn fortress); Tarnopol (thorn city).