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)

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)

		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*; a dteitheas*	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*; a dteithfeas*	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
verbal noun		teitheadh
past participle		teite

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative forms

• teich

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)

1. Obsolete spelling of te (“hot”).

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
teith	theith	dteith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.