techtaid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

techtid, tectid

Etymology

Related to Proto-Celtic *texto-, from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to take by the hand”), whence also the name of the Tectosages.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtʲextɨðʲ]

Verb

techtaid (conjunct ·techta, verbal noun techtad)

to have, to possess

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	singular	plural
present indicative	abs.		techtai	techtid, techtaid
	conj.		·techtai	·techta		·techtid, ·techtaid	·techtat
	rel.			techtas	techtmae		techtaite

imperfect indicative				·techtad			techtitis

preterite	abs.
	conj.	·techtus		·techt			·techtsat
	rel.

perfect	deut.	ro·techtus		ro·techt			ro·techtsat
perfect	prot.

future	abs.
	conj.	·techtub
	rel.

conditional

present subjunctive	abs.		techte, techtae	techtid, techtaid
	conj.		·techte, ·techtae	·techta		·techtid, ·techtaid	·techtat
	rel.			techtas	techtmae		techtaite

past subjunctive				techtad		·techte, ·techtae	techtitis

imperative				techtad		techtid, techtaid

verbal noun
past participle
verbal of necessity

Quotations

c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23^c11
Forsin testimin-so .i. a brith frisa ndliged remeperthe, et is fri Pól berir amal ṡodin, .i. is hed inso sís ro·chlos et ad·chess inna bésaib et a gnímaib. Aliter saigid inple⟨te⟩ gaudium rl.: is sí mo ḟáilte inso sí qua rl. in Christo. Bad hí Críst má beith nach fáilte dúibsi, et ní frissom amal ṡodin. […] Má nud·tectid na huili-se inplete .i. dénid a n‑as·berar frib.
On this text, i.e. its reference to the above-mentioned rule, and [with reference] to Paul it is referred in that case, i.e. this below is what was heard and seen in his morals and deeds. Otherwise, it approaches implete gaudium etc.: this is my joy si qua etc. in Christo. Let it be in Christ if you pl have any joy, and [it refers] not to him in that case. […] If you have all these, implete i.e. do what is said to you.
c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56^b31
Cía techtid nach aile ní ad·chobrai-siu ⁊ ní techtai-siu ón immurgu, ní étaigther-su immanísin, .i. ní ascnae ⁊ ní charae; is sí indala ch[í]all les isindí as emulari in sin.
Though another may possess what you may desire and you do however not possess, you should not be jealous of that thing, i.e. you should not seek after and love it; that is one of the two meanings that he finds in emulari.
c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 26^a6
ɔ eperthae cía aiccent ⁊ cisí aimser derb thechtas
so that it might be said what accent and what certain time it has

Synonyms

at·tá (+ oc or affixed pronoun)

Descendants

Middle Irish: techtaid
- Irish: teacht
- Scottish Gaelic: teachd

Mutation

Mutation of *techtaid*
radical	lenition	nasalization
techtaid	thechtaid	techtaid pronounced with /dʲ-/

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