teith
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʲɛ(h)/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish teichid (Manx çhea, Scottish Gaelic teich), from Proto-Celtic *tekʷeti (“to run, flee”) (Welsh techu), from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to flow, run”) (Sanskrit तक्ति (takti, “hurries”), Old Church Slavonic тещи (tešti, “to run”), Lithuanian tekė́ti (“to flow”), Albanian ndjek (“to follow”).
Verb
teith (present analytic teitheann, future analytic teithfidh, verbal noun teitheadh, past participle teite)
- to flee, run away, fly, abscond [with ó ‘from’]/[with roimh ‘from’]
- to run off (leave or depart quickly)
- to retreat (withdraw military forces)
- Synonym: cúlaigh
- to shun, avoid [with ó]
- Synonym: seachain
Conjugation
conjugation of teith (first conjugation – A)
| verbal noun | teitheadh | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | teite | |||||||
| tense | singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| indicative | ||||||||
| present | teithim | teitheann tú; teithir† |
teitheann sé, sí | teithimid | teitheann sibh | teitheann siad; teithid† |
a theitheann; a theitheas / a dteitheann* |
teitear |
| past | theith mé; theitheas | theith tú; theithis | theith sé, sí | theitheamar; theith muid | theith sibh; theitheabhair | theith siad; theitheadar | a theith / ar theith* |
teitheadh |
| past habitual | theithinn / dteithinn‡‡ | theiteá / dteiteᇇ | theitheadh sé, sí / dteitheadh sé, s퇇 | theithimis; theitheadh muid / dteithimis‡‡; dteitheadh muid‡‡ | theitheadh sibh / dteitheadh sibh‡‡ | theithidís; theitheadh siad / dteithidís‡‡; dteitheadh siad‡‡ | a theitheadh / a dteitheadh* |
theití / dteit퇇 |
| future | teithfidh mé; teithfead |
teithfidh tú; teithfir† |
teithfidh sé, sí | teithfimid; teithfidh muid |
teithfidh sibh | teithfidh siad; teithfid† |
a theithfidh; a theithfeas / a dteithfidh* |
teithfear |
| conditional | theithfinn / dteithfinn‡‡ | theithfeá / dteithfeᇇ | theithfeadh sé, sí / dteithfeadh sé, s퇇 | theithfimis; theithfeadh muid / dteithfimis‡‡; dteithfeadh muid‡‡ | theithfeadh sibh / dteithfeadh sibh‡‡ | theithfidís; theithfeadh siad / dteithfidís‡‡; dteithfeadh siad‡‡ | a theithfeadh / a dteithfeadh* |
theithfí / dteithf퇇 |
| subjunctive | ||||||||
| present | go dteithe mé; go dteithead† |
go dteithe tú; go dteithir† |
go dteithe sé, sí | go dteithimid; go dteithe muid |
go dteithe sibh | go dteithe siad; go dteithid† |
— | go dteitear |
| past | dá dteithinn | dá dteiteá | dá dteitheadh sé, sí | dá dteithimis; dá dteitheadh muid |
dá dteitheadh sibh | dá dteithidís; dá dteitheadh siad |
— | dá dteití |
| imperative | ||||||||
| – | teithim | teith | teitheadh sé, sí | teithimis | teithigí; teithidh† |
teithidís | — | teitear |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “teith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “teichid, teithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “teiċim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 729
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Adjective
teith (genitive singular feminine teithe, plural teo, comparative teo)
- obsolete spelling of te (“hot”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| teith | theith | dteith |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.