teith

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʲɛ(h)/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish teichid[1] (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)

  1. to flee, run away, fly, abscond [with ó ‘from’]/[with roimh ‘from’]
  2. to run off (leave or depart quickly)
  3. to retreat (withdraw military forces)
    Synonym: cúlaigh
  4. 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
  • 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)

  1. obsolete spelling of te (“hot”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of teith
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.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “teichid, teithid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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